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Print edition: December 2003
Features
John von Neumann: the fastest brain in the West
The life and times of the brilliant thinker who invented game theory and designed the first electronic computer
Physics in Action
Magnetoelectronics enhance memory
Bringing data storage and logic together
Transition time for metals
Quantum criticality helps a metal in crisis
Attosecond simulation
Post-deadline
New era for condensates
Nanoguitar makes its debut
Mystery meson puzzles theorists
News & Analysis
Displays scoop European prize
Physics proves rich vein for oilman
Physics on Stage
Exoplanet mission ditched
ITER tops US facilities wish list
X-ray laser: a time and a place
Boeing looks to the future
Technology institute shocks scientists
Standards lab increases budget
Ball-bearings for the 21st century
Pirelli dreams of neutrino telecoms
Mars to greet new arrivals
Roof crushes Russian shuttle
O'Nions bags top policy job
Editorial
Forum
Seeking sustainable spaceflight
Critical Point
Reviews
Robert Hooke steps out of the shadows
A new look at Newton's great rival
Secret science and the Resistance
Scientists tackle sabotage
Living the electric dream
Benjamin Franklin and electrical technology
Mixed bag of 10 ideas
From evolution to cosmology
One man's fight for Mars
The irrepressible Colin Pillinger
