 Tait and Thomson's theory of "vortex atoms" has been called by the historian Helge Kragh "a Victorian theory of everything", and is now regarded as an early kind of string theory.As a journalist, Wertheim has written for newspapers in various countries including "The New York Times", "Los Angeles Times", "The Guardian", "The Daily Telegraph", and "Die Zeit".She has written science articles for magazines including "New Scientist", "The Sciences", "Cabinet", "Aeon", "The Australian Review of Books", and "Australian Geographic".