Multimedia highlights of 2012
From the fault lines of San Francisco to the insane traffic of Mumbai
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India’s physics rebels
A short audio documentary about the students in India who have rejected the allure of engineering to follow their hearts into fundamental science
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Between the lines: Christmas special
A bumper crop of books reviewed by Margaret Harris and Tushna Commissariat
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Students take cosmic-ray balloon challenge
Can a group of school students get its cosmic-ray detector to work in a hot-air balloon?
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The academic pyramid
Margaret Harris investigates the scarcity of permanent academic posts for PhD-trained physicists
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Sporting knowledge
Robert P Crease wonders if athletes really "know" the laws of physics
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Quantum guidebooks
Robert P Crease surveys the many tour guides to the quantum world
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How to transform your research institution
Giorgio Margaritondo on the revamping of one of Switzerland's leading research institutions
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Neil deGrasse Tyson makes the case for space exploration
Grand visions for space "trigger a wave of innovation", says US astrophysicist
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Physics for students, not poets
Brian Clegg reviews Leon Lederman and Christopher Hill's Quantum Physics for Poets
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