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Print edition: October 1999
Features
Fractal expressionism
Industry and R&D
Europe's physicists descend on London
Alan Duncan
Theorist honoured for study
Physics in Action
Wave patterns diagnose heart defects
Blind spot may reveal vacuum radiation
Magnetic recording sets speed record
Post-deadline
Fermion gas achieves quantum degeneracy
First sight of electrons
Physics with venom
News & Analysis
Top marks for physics teaching
US laser project besieged by problems
Magnet therapy dismissed
Flat-panel telescopes fight interference
Astronomers face squeeze on funding
Tension over ticket system
Daresbury on a knife-edge
Nickel-48 discovered
Europe gets new research boss
UK told to commercialize
Editorial
Feedback
Sir Rudolf Peierls was not a spy
Top tips for a successful PhD
Reviews
Windmills, yardsticks and galaxies
How the AEA became a business
Innovation Business: The Story of AEA Technology, Stuart Nelson, Ken Currie, Peter Dawson and Stephen Aris
How the AEA became a business
Measuring the Universe: The Historical Quest to Quantify Space, Kitty Ferguson
Windmills, yardsticks and galaxies
The Language of Physics: The Calculus and the Development of Theoretical Physics in Europe, 1750-1914, Elizabeth Garber
Taking a fresh look at maths and physics
