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Print edition: October 2001
Features
selling philosophy
From physics to computing
Applying science to electronics
A career in the defence industry
What it's like to teach physics
Students must turn to soft skills
Sun, sea and Spanish science
Jobs in publishing and the media
Healthy prospects in medical physics
Finance: not all rocket science
Is there life for you after work?
Have physics degree - will try anything
Physics in Action
Post-deadline
Spin class
Lasers diffract electrons
Pumped up buckyballs
News & Analysis
UK tackles student shortage
GaAs meets its match
Fast ignition energizes fusion research
Reaching for the skies
Biophysicists make the first neuronal chip
London college opens novel MRI centre
Physicist who makes cash from chaos
Magazine firing backfires
New era for gamma rays
No to US astronomy shake up
Canada nurtures nanotech
Holland gets new nano-centre
Australia dishes out funds
British firms lag world in R&D
Close Riso, report says
Mixed news for French physics
Rees wins cosmolgy prize
Editorial
Forum
Making physics more attractive
Critical Point
Feedback
Constant trouble
FORTRAN is still alive and kicking
Reviews
The multiple facets of materials science
Science and the messy world of politics
Newton's Gift, David Berlinski
Science, Money and Politics: Political Triumph and Ethical Erosion, Daniel Greenberg
The Coming of Materials Science, Robert Cahn
