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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

In depth: Culture, history & society

The electrical human

A book on the various roles that electricity plays in the human body, reviewed by Richard Clayton

Between the lines

Brian Cox's venture into the life sciences and a travel guide to the Northern Lights reviewed by Margaret Harris and Tushna Commissariat

Consciousness from the ground up

Werner Loewenstein's Physics in Mind, reviewed by Seth Lloyd

Sounding out the Sun

Introducing a new work of art called a solar wind chime

Why humour matters

Robert P Crease wants your funny tales from physics

The life of psi

Jon Cartwright explores whether wavefunctions are physically real

Life among the MERtians

What's it like to work on Mars? Stephen J Pyne reviews an anthropologist's account of the team behind the Mars Exploration Rovers

Web life

A website full of beautiful and intriguing MRI scans of, er, fruits and vegetables

Beyond the executive summary

Richard Muller's Energy for Future Presidents, reviewed by Gail Marcus

Between the lines

A novel about general relativity and a book about Sherlock Holmes's scientific side, reviewed by Margaret Harris

Measuring culture

Physicists can measure objects but, asks Robert P Crease, can they measure values too?

A physics primer, with equations

Leonard Susskind's guide to getting started in physics, reviewed by Lowry Kirkby

Web life

A Web-based repository of teaching tools and other resources on quantum mechanics

An iconoclast's career

A new biography of Freeman Dyson, reviewed by Philip Anderson

Between the lines

Books on mathematics and Albert Einstein's practical side, reviewed by Margaret Harris