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Read article: Web life: electrolights Education and outreach Opinion and reviews Web life: electrolights A blog about the physics of everyday (and not-so-everyday) things
Read article: Between the lines History Opinion and reviews Between the lines Books that explore Einstein’s quantum mechanics work and the true meaning of reductionism reviewed by Margaret Harris
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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