We ask some of our young researchers why they chose a career in science, what they are working on at ORNL, and where they would like to go with their careers.

We ask some of our young researchers why they chose a career in science, what they are working on at ORNL, and where they would like to go with their careers.

We ask some of our young researchers why they chose a career in science, what they are working on at ORNL, and where they would like to go with their careers.

We ask some of our young researchers why they chose a career in science, what they are working on at ORNL, and where they would like to go with their careers.

We ask some of our young researchers why they chose a career in science, what they are working on at ORNL, and where they would like to go with their careers.

On April 5, 2018, physicist Michael Berry delivered the Eugene P. Wigner Distinguished Lecture on the topic “Making Light of Mathematics.” His talk reflected on Wigner’s 1960 paper, “The Unreasonable Effectiveness of Mathematics in the Natural Sciences.” This is an edited transcript of our conversation following his lecture.

While V-J Day in August 1945 heralded the end of World War II for most of the country, it brought uncertainty to many of the men and women of the Manhattan Project.