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Web server celebrates a decade of hits
Peter Gwynne looks at the huge impact of the Los Alamos pre-print server
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What’s hot – the ten best-selling physics books
Having just scooped this year’s Aventis Prize for Science Books, Brian Greene’s The Elegant Universe shot back to the top of the best-seller list of physics books for the month of May at A...
Changes at PhysicsWeb
The new Buyer’s Guide contains information on a wide range of physics equipment: cryogenics, lab electronics, lasers, magnets, microscopy, power supplies, test & measurement and vacuum are j...
PhysicsWeb editor moves on
“When I helped create PhysicsWeb nearly three years ago, I was sure that it would be a successful site. However, sites such as PhysicsWeb do not rely solely on one individual, and I would like t...
Too many journals in China
The number of papers published by Chinese scientists in journals monitored by the US-based Institute for Scientific Information has grown from 3475 in 1983 to 10 033 in 1997. However, the proportion p...
Cosmology bestsellers
1. The Elegant Universe: Superstrings, Hidden Dimensions, and the Quest for the Ultimate Theory by Brian Greene A fascinating and thought-provoking journey through the mysteries of space, time, and ma...
New look for PhysicsWeb
As part of the redesign we have also moved the In Depth and Patent News services to the News section, and moved WebWatch to a new expanded Reviews section. We have also put the 1997 and 1998 indexes f...
Are printed journals heading for extinction?
Scientific publishing is still a highly profitable business. According to Nature, the scientific side of the Reed-Elsevier publishing company made a profit of $378m on sales of $938m in 1997. However,...
How to write a best-seller
Every morning Caroline Davidson goes into her office in west London and rifles through her “slush pile”. Like all literary agents, she hopes that buried deep within the daily deluge of boo...
