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Print edition: March 1999
Features
Magnets, molecules and quantum mechanics
Wolf prize honours quasicrystal pioneer
American Physical Society awards
Physics in Action
Sonoluminescence and bubble stability
Quantum ratchets reroute electrons
Spinning electrons could lead electronics revolution
Quarks unleashed at low energy
Post-deadline
Nanotubes separate isotopes
News & Analysis
Physics faces crisis in teaching
German reator may get expensive refit
Budget brings mixed news for physicists
Team-work needed to meet global goals
France focuses on Mégajoule project
US rethinks school physics
Research mix is criticized
Physicist runs for top job
Small firms now healthier
Feedback
Youthful solution to Russian crisis
Physics on sale - Brazilian style
Reviews
Lives, times and general relativity
Maxwell: founder of theoretical physics
Heisenberg and the Nazi Atomic Bomb Project: A Study in German Culture, Paul Rose
Still uncertain about Heisenberg
The River of Time, Igor Novikov
The Natural Philosophy of James Clerk Maxwell, Peter Harman