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Physics World December 2019

Physics World December 2019

Kites, wings, drones, hoops: the promise and challenges of airborne wind energy

Round off 2019 with our annual bumper reviews section. There’s a cracking autobiography by quasicrystal pioneer Paul Steinhardt, a wonderfully written examination of the power of mathematics in physics by Graham Farmelo, and a look at the strange crossover between psychics and physics, and more. Plus don’t miss Margaret Harris’s feature on airborne wind energy – a new way of generating renewable energy that’s been used everywhere from Caribbean islands to the windswept coasts of northern Europe.

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Photo showing a person standing in front of valves in a processing plant analysis

Endangered elements

Feynman diagram opinion

Paper tools

Mawazo Institute Nairobi opinion

Empowering new scientific voices

In vitro fertilisation opinion

Winning starts

Makani’s kite feature

Harnessing the wind

IAEA feature

Muons: probing the depths of nuclear waste

Occult books review

Occult arts and sceptical sciences

Kamchatka expedition review

Kamchatka or bust: an unlikely quest

Supersymmetry review

A mathematical mindset: Graham Farmelo sings the praises of string theory

Lindau meeting careers

Making a difference

First Image of a Black Hole lateral thoughts

Dark digits: a holiday puzzle

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