Read article: Plutopia forever Nuclear power Opinion and reviews Plutopia forever Alexei Kojevnikov reviews a book about the toxic legacy and complex history of the American and Soviet plutonium programmes
Read article: Between the lines Education and outreach Opinion and reviews Between the lines Educational books about quantum mechanics, scientific writing and physics projects for children, reviewed by Margaret Harris
Read article: From Euclid to Einstein History Opinion and reviews From Euclid to Einstein Practising scientists may welcome a new "guided translation" of Newton's Principia despite some significant flaws, says Patricia Fara
Read article: Web life: Voices of the Manhattan Project History Opinion and reviews Web life: Voices of the Manhattan Project An archive of audio and video interviews with people who participated in the atomic bomb project during the Second World War
Read article: Alices in a nuclear Wonderland Nuclear power Opinion and reviews Alices in a nuclear Wonderland Historian Kate Brown reviews the fascinating but incomplete story of women who worked at the Oak Ridge uranium-processing plant during the Second World War
Read article: The spot in the shadow Philosophy, sociology and religion Opinion and reviews The spot in the shadow Robert P Crease shows just how hard it can be to assign credit for a scientific discovery
Read article: Between the lines Ethics Opinion and reviews Between the lines Books about the physics community in Nazi Germany, the roots of radio astronomy and a whole lot of nothing, reviewed by Margaret Harris
Read article: Rise and fall of an electrical genius Magnetism and spin Opinion and reviews Rise and fall of an electrical genius W Bernard Carlson's biography of Nikola Tesla begins well but descends along with its subject, according to reviewer David Goodstein
Read article: Web life: Space Politics Telescopes and space missions Opinion and reviews Web life: Space Politics A blog dedicated to the idea that "sometimes, the most important orbit is the Beltway"
Read article: Mathematics and prejudice Mathematical physics Opinion and reviews Mathematics and prejudice Edward Frenkel's love letter to the mathematics that captivates him is "a book to read to be inspired to learn maths," writes reviewer William Gasarch