Meet the topaholic
Robert P Crease visits a physicist with an unusual passion
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Between the lines
An eloquent defence of string theory and a mathematical analysis of luck and chance, reviewed by Margaret Harris
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Making space for nonlocality
George Musser’s new book reveals that nonlocality is more than just "spooky action at a distance", as James Millen learns
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Web life: The Physics Mill
Can’t get enough gravitational waves? Check out Jonah Miller’s blog about numerical relativity for an in-depth look at their theoretical side
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Storytelling matters
Robert P Crease considers how scientists can learn from the Passover storytelling ritual Seder
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Diversifying utopia
Robert P Crease wonders why women played no part in Francis Bacon's New Atlantis
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Stand out in the scientific job market
Books of advice on turning a PhD into a job and networking your way to scientific stardom meet with approval from Marc J Kuchner
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Web life: Nuclear Hitchhiker
A student-run blog about nuclear energy, safety and policy
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‘Big science’ begins
A book on how Ernest Lawrence and his cyclotrons pioneered a new way of doing science, reviewed by David Wark
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Between the lines
A book that fills in the gaps in your astronomy education and an illuminating biography of Max Planck, reviewed by Margaret Harris
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