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Physics World
The challenges of fusion Mar 1
The new boss of the world's biggest fusion experiment cannot afford to fail
From stars to celebrities Mar 1
The closure of the London P***tarium is eclipsed by good news elsewhere in the city
F = ma Mar 1
What would happen if we rewound the tape and let science develop again from scratch? Robert P Crease looks at some results of this thought experiment
The threat from above Mar 1
Astronomers believe that more must be done to track and possibly intercept potentially dangerous asteroids and comets, as Edwin Cartlidge explains
Thomas Young: Physicist, physician and polymath Mar 1
A brilliant and visionary thinker, Thomas Young's mastery stretched from physics and physiology to Egyptian hieroglyphs. But as Andrew Robinson explains, Young's ideas were so far ahead of his time that many lay forgotten for decades
Physics for fairer voting Mar 1
Distributing votes fairly between European countries has been a major obstacle on the path to a European Constitution. Karol Życzkowski, Wojciech Słomczyński and Tomasz Zastawniak describe how physicists are helping politicians get round it
Fusion: the way ahead Mar 1
The recent decision to build the world's largest fusion experiment - ITER - in France has thrown down the gauntlet to fusion researchers worldwide. Richard Pitts, Richard Buttery and Simon Pinches describe how the Joint European Torus in the UK is playing a key role in ensuring ITER will demonstrate the reality of fusion power
Reviews
The quest for brightness Mar 1
Beam: The Race to Make the Laser
Jeff Hecht
2005 Oxford University Press 284pp £17.99/$29.95hb
Shelf life: Michael Duff Mar 1
Michael Duff is the first Abdus Salam professor of theoretical physics at Imperial College, London
Magnets through the ages Mar 1
From Lodestone to Supermagnets: Understanding Magnetic Phenomena
Alberto P Guimarães
2005 Wiley-VCH 236pp £17.99/$27.95hb
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