Policy and funding Opinion and reviews What made Bell Labs special? A history of Bell Labs, reviewed by Andrew Gelman Read article: What made Bell Labs special?
Superconductivity Opinion and reviews Soft matter’s charismatic pioneer A biography of Pierre-Gilles de Gennes, now available in English translation, reviewed by Tom McLeish Read article: Soft matter’s charismatic pioneer
Quantum mechanics Opinion and reviews A strange cat in Dublin A new biography of Erwin Schrödinger, reviewed by Cormac O'Raifeartaigh Read article: A strange cat in Dublin
Ethics Opinion and reviews 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 Read article: Between the lines
Nuclear physics Opinion and reviews Hans Bethe’s early life Jeremy Bernstein reviews Nuclear Forces: the Making of the Physicist Hans Bethe Read article: Hans Bethe’s early life
Materials Opinion and reviews Between the lines Books about sand, paradoxes in physics and an ill-fated polar expedition, reviewed by Margaret Harris Read article: Between the lines
Philosophy, sociology and religion Opinion and reviews One amazing moment Robert P Crease reveals this year's under-the-radar centenary Read article: One amazing moment
History Opinion and reviews Science in a dictatorship Gordon Fraser reviews The German Physical Society in the Third Reich Read article: Science in a dictatorship
Particles and interactions Feature Credit where credit’s due? Magdolna Hargittai gets to the bottom of the debate on whether female physicist Chien-Shiung Wu should have received a share of the 1957 Nobel prize Read article: Credit where credit’s due?
Particles and interactions Opinion and reviews Those puzzling infinities Davide Castelvecchi reviews Frank Close’s The Infinity Puzzle Read article: Those puzzling infinities