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Editor's choice

Apr 1, 2012

Free to view: a special focus issue of Physics World examining some of the latest applications of optics and lasers

In depth: Astronomy, astrophysics & cosmology

Copernicus's revolutionary moment

André Goddu reviews A More Perfect Heaven: How Copernicus Revolutionized the Cosmos by Dava Sobel

Astronomical sense and nonsense

Margaret Harris reviews Hindsight and Popular Astronomy by Alan B Whiting

Between the lines

Books on fundamental constants and the "science of wonder", plus a comic-book guide to the universe, reviewed by Matin Durrani and Margaret Harris

Web life

A picture is worth a thousand words: Ethan Siegel's Starts With a Bang

Between the lines

Books on extrasolar planets and smart thinking using mathematics, reviewed by Margaret Harris

Relativity's new revolution

David Appell explains why rogue black holes could be cannonballing through the universe

The flawed multiverse

Alastair Rae reviews The Beginning of Infinity by David Deutsch

The geek shall inherit the Earth

Srinath Perur reviews Geek Nation by Angela Saini

Between the lines

Books on gamma-ray bursts and (other) wonders of the universe, reviewed by Margaret Harris and James Dacey

Web life

Explore the Red Planet with NASA's Be A Martian

Pushing the boundaries

Matin Durrani reports on the rise of China's Institute of High Energy Physics

The end of astronomy's golden age?

Garth Illingworth warns that cancelling the James Webb Space Telescope will harm US astronomy

The quantum century

Kenneth W Ford reviews The Quantum Story: a History in 40 Moments by Jim Baggott

Web life

"Citizen science" meets the Kuiper belt in IceHunters

Sweepers of the sky

Colin Johnston reviews Discoverers of the Universe