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Print edition: October 1999
Features
Europe's physicists descend on London
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
News & Analysis
Top marks for physics teaching
US laser project besieged by problems
Flat-panel telescopes fight interference
Astronomers face squeeze on funding
Tension over ticket system
Daresbury on a knife-edge
Europe gets new research boss
Forum
Physicists, don't go by the book
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
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