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Editor's choice

Jun 1, 2012

Free to view: a special focus issue of Physics World examining some of the latest advances in nanotechnology

Reviews

Web life

Matt Strassler's newsy blog on particle physics, the Higgs boson and more

Between the lines

Books about back-of-the-envelope calculations, cosmology and water waves, reviewed by Matin Durrani and Tushna Commissariat

Visible improvements

A book of tips for improving scientific graphics, reviewed by James Davenport

Philosophical about space–time

A primer on physics philosophy, reviewed by Clarissa Ai Ling Lee

Web life

AstroBetter is a website dedicated to helping astrophysicists do lots of stuff, better

Between the lines

Books about science for children and young adults, reviewed by Margaret Harris

Fuelling the thorium dream

An advocate's account of thorium's potential as an energy source, reviewed by Jess Gehin

Forming a critical mass of experts

A book about how the nuclear profession developed, reviewed by Geoff Vaughan

The why and how of it all

Two books about why the universe bothers to exist, reviewed by Tim Maudlin

Von Neumann's computer

A book on the early history of practical computers, reviewed by Martin Campbell-Kelly

Vital forces

A rare popular-science book on biophysics, reviewed by Richard Jones

What made Bell Labs special?

A history of Bell Labs, reviewed by Andrew Gelman

Between the lines: Christmas special

A bumper crop of books reviewed by Margaret Harris and Tushna Commissariat

Soft matter's charismatic pioneer

A biography of Pierre-Gilles de Gennes, now available in English translation, reviewed by Tom McLeish

Between the lines

A graphic novel about the first atomic bomb and a biography of the anti-nuclear campaigner Joseph Rotblat, reviewed by Margaret Harris