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Physics World September 2017

Physics World September 2017

Grand finale: Cassini beams back final images before plunging into Saturn

The daily challenges facing women in physics are tackled in this issue, which includes a round-up from 2017 International Conference on Women in Physics in Birmingham, UK and a fascinating feature about the life of Jocelyn Bell Burnell on the 50th anniversary of her discovery of pulsars. Don’t miss either our cover feature on the stunning images Cassini has been beaming back over the last few months before it plunges into Saturn on 15 September.

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Photograph of the Lijiang telescope news

Row threatens Chinese telescope

Bill Foster speaking in Naperville, Illinois opinion

Serving the public

Illustration of space-time as a fluctuating foam, as assumed by some versions of quantum-field theory opinion

Making space

Artist’s impression of the Cassini craft around Saturn feature

Cassini’s grand finale

An illustration of Jocelyn Bell Burnell by Jess Wade feature

‘Look happy dear, you’ve just made a discovery’

Art and science come together to explore the unknown review

At the boundary of knowledge

review

Science, scepticism and fear at the theatre

Bernard Asabere careers

The accidental astronomer

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