Uplifting thoughts
Ted Forgan reviews Rising Force: the Magic of Magnetic Levitation by James Livingston
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The brave new-media world
Chad Orzel says physicists have to get used to doing science in the open
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For Newton, a right Hooke
There was much more to Robert Hooke than Hooke's law, so why don't we know about it? Jon Cartwright discovers how a genius was betrayed
Mikhail Lomonosov: the greatest scientist you’ve never heard of
Robert P Crease marks the tercentenary of Russia's scientific father
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Between the lines
Books on fundamental constants and the "science of wonder", plus a comic-book guide to the universe, reviewed by Matin Durrani and Margaret Harris
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One toise at a time
Terry Quinn reviews Measure of the Earth: the Enlightenment Expedition that Reshaped the World by Larrie D Ferreiro
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Opportunities lost
Paul Mueller reviews The Abacus and the Cross: the Story of the Pope Who Brought the Light of Science to the Dark Ages by Nancy Marie Brown
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How big is your footprint?
Phil Marshall says the onus is on physicists to reduce their own carbon footprint
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Evaluations evaluated
Robert P Crease reports on your suggestions for evaluating PhD candidates
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Between the lines
Books on extrasolar planets and smart thinking using mathematics, reviewed by Margaret Harris
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