An insidious and ubiquitous menace
A book about corrosion and the herculean efforts to combat it is "absorbing and interesting" but short on satisfying science, say reviewers
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Physics logos
Is there a logo that unifies all of physics, wonders Robert P Crease
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Between the lines
Books about the science of keeping things cool and a security breach at one of America’s premier nuclear-weapons facilities, plus a DVD featuring some very nerdy science comedy
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Unique, but not exceptional
A book that characterizes life on Earth as "special but not significant" gets Tamara Davis thinking about the interconnectedness of the cosmos
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Web life: EGU Network blogs
A collection of geology, geophysics and earth science blogs written by (mostly) European geoscientists
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A very brief history of relativity
Reviewer Cormac O'Raifeartaigh enjoys this "beautifully written" account of the genesis of Einstein's greatest theory
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Better science policy
Robert P Crease looks at an ambitious programme to improve how science policy is formulated
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Removing barriers for sexual and gender minorities in physics
Elena Long argues that more needs to be done to support physicists who are sexual and gender minorities
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Between the lines
Books on household science, ambitious plans for living on Mars and the most important numbers in physics, reviewed by Margaret Harris
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Web life: Journal Club for Condensed Matter Physics
The venerable 'journal club' concept is thriving in the online environment
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