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In depth: Culture, history & society
When Creativity met Necessity
May 24, 2012 Review
Roger Bridgman reviews Mad Like Tesla and How James Watt Invented the Copier
Between the lines: fiction special
May 24, 2012 Review
A round-up of recent fiction books with a physics theme, reviewed by Margaret Harris and Matin Durrani
Reality bites
May 17, 2012 9 comments Review
Vlatko Vedral reviews Alex Rosenberg's The Atheist's Guide to Reality
Doing physics – readers' pictures
May 10, 2012 1 comment Review
A selection of images from the Physics World photo challenge
In the wake of Fukushima
May 10, 2012 2 comments Feature
Steven Judge and Hiroyuki Kuwahara report on efforts to monitor radioactive contamination in areas near Japan's stricken Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power station
Venus: it's now or never
May 1, 2012 3 comments Feature
As next month's transit of Venus nears, Jay M Pasachoff examines the science and history of these exceptionally rare events
Atmospheric tales
May 1, 2012 2 comments Opinion
Robert P Crease asks why the discovery of Venus's atmosphere is still so controversial
Einstein, the travelling physicist
Apr 26, 2012 Review
Alberto A Martínez reviews Josef Eisinger's Einstein on the Road
Between the lines
Apr 26, 2012 Review
Books on bubble physics, quantum exiles and arty photos of particle accelerators, reviewed by Margaret Harris
Neil deGrasse Tyson makes the case for space exploration
Apr 25, 2012 Opinion
Grand visions for space "trigger a wave of innovation", says US astrophysicist
Web life
Apr 19, 2012 Review
Peter Coles' blog In the Dark offers an astrophysicist's perspective on science policy, poetry and jazz
The cat that never dies
Apr 12, 2012 8 comments Opinion
Robert P Crease explains the enduring fascination with Schrödinger's cat
Portrait of our planet – readers' pictures
Apr 10, 2012 Review
A selection of images from the Physics World photo challenge
The perfect storm
Apr 2, 2012 5 comments Feature
Richard Corfield investigates the science behind the sinking of the Titanic
The time of our lives
Mar 29, 2012 3 comments Review
Dan Falk reviews Adam Frank's About Time: From Sun Dials to Quantum Clocks, How the Cosmos Shapes Our Lives
