Read article: Journeys to greatness Transport properties Opinion and reviews Journeys to greatness To practising physicists, the great equations of physics might seem obvious, logical and trivial. But to their discoverers, Robert P Crease argues, that was far from true
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Education and outreach Opinion and reviews Web life: The Periodic Table of Videos A periodic table with links to videos on all 118 chemical elements
Read article: Shifty constants Transport properties Opinion and reviews Shifty constants Do some constants need fixing? Robert P Crease relays your suggestions, though he finds that concerns over SI units arouse still more passion
Read article: Attention, President Obama Policy and funding Opinion and reviews Attention, President Obama Rob Goldston offers his advice for Barack Obama
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