How physics shaped the world This account of 12 significant discoveries in physics is detailed yet pacy –and has a cheering takeaway for the future, says

The Matter of Everything also highlights those whose contributions might have 
historically been overlooked, such as Lise Meitner, dubbed the “German Marie 
Curie” by Albert Einstein. Her work on nuclear fission went unacknowledged for 
some 50 years after her colleague Otto Hahn was solely awarded the Nobel prize in 
1944.
The commitment and collaboration of physicists and engineers through the second 
world war showed what waspossible – for good and evil.Sheehy describes how 
thedevelopment of the bombsthat destroyed Hiroshima andNagasaki awakened a 
socialconscience in the field, pavingthe way to the internationalcooperation we see 
today, suchas on the Large Hadron Collider.United behind a commongoal, and 
with cross-governmentsupport, answers that had neverbefore seemed possible 
suddenlyappeared within grasp. To Sheehythis is evidence 
of
the potential physics 
to overcome the challengethat face science and society nowfrom the nature of dark 
matterto tackling the climate crisis .
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1.Vocabulary 
set out phrasal verb of set 
1. Begin a journey. 
"we set out from New York on Friday for Egypt" 
2. Aim or intend to do something. 
"she drew up a plan of what her organization should set out to achieve" 
 
confound /kənˈfaʊnd verb gerund or present participle: confounding 

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cause surprise or confusion in (someone), especially by not according with their 
expectations. 
"the inflation figure confounded economic analysts" 
 
rigorous /ˈrɪɡ(ə)rəs/ adjective 
extremely thorough and careful. 
"the rigorous testing of consumer products" 
 
ambiguity /ˌambɪˈɡjuːɪti/ noun noun: ambiguity; plural noun: ambiguities