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Print edition: November 1999
Features
Frederick Guthrie: a man of action
Nobel prize honours particle theorists
Michael Duesbery
Paul Butcher
Physics in Action
Air-filled fibres could speed up the Web
Decay anomaly points to neutrino relics
Capacitance reaches a new standard
From supernovae to black holes
Tiny forces create shock waves
Post-deadline
Condensates in a whirl
Polarizing eyes show way home
Buckyball interference
News & Analysis
Standard Model wins Nobel prize
Win for chemical physicist
AEA finds winning formula
UK identifies its technology needs
IT holds the key to growth
Physics boosts research into dyslexia
Users face SPIRAL delays
US votes against test ban
High-tech index launched
Rockets launch student job prospects
UK physics to be scrutinized
ESA chooses Earth missions
Budget boost for US science
Editorial
Feedback
American dream
Salam's bright idea
In the year 2099...
Reviews
Black holes, light reading
Mr Tompkins makes a comeback
The End of Time: The Next Revolution In Our Understanding of the Universe, Julian Barbour
Quantum Generations: A History of Physics in the Twentieth Century, Helge Kragh
The Sun, the Genome and the Internet: Tools of Scientific Revolution, Freeman Dyson
The New World of Mr Tompkins, George Gamow and Russell Stannard
Black Holes, Wormholes and Time Machines, Jim Al-Khalili
Dignifying Science, Jim Ottaviani
How the Laser Happened: Adventures of a Scientist, Charles Townes
Music to move the Stars: My Life With Stephen, Jane Hawking
