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Print edition: September 1999
Features
The physics of protein folding
Accelerating physics teaching at CERN
Sir Clifford Charles Butler
Physics in Action
A new spin on the quantum Hall effect
News & Analysis
French fury at synchotron deal
Physicists inject life into modelling
Science museum seeks to inspire
Foreigners lead US science
Danes put faith in the stars
Physics pupils enjoy success
Forum
Modelling the money markets
Feedback
The physics of lost things
Alternative needed before disarming
Reviews
Cautionary views of ancient astronomy
Nernst: architect of physical revolution
The Pearly Gates of Cyberspace: A History of Space from Dante to the Internet by Margaret Wertheim
Soul-searching on the Internet
Astronomy in Prehistoric Britain and Ireland by Clive Ruggles
Cautionary views of ancient astronomy
Walther Nernst and the Transition to Modern Physical Sciences by Diana Barkan
Nernst: architect of physical revolution