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Physics World October 2018

Physics World October 2018

Happy 30th birthday Physics World!

Whether you were around in 1988 or not, it’s time to sit back and see just how much physics has changed over the last three decades with the 30th-anniversary issue of Physics World magazine. We revisit some of the key topics and issues in physics from 30 years ago, examine how they’ve developed, and contemplate their prospects over the next three decades. You can also enjoy an interview with current IOP president Julia Higgins on the changing face of physics, discover the fate of the physics-based firms that advertised in the first issue of Physics World, and find out what some top authors and physicists think are the best popular-science books of the last 30 years.

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Physicists at Beijing's Institute of High Energy Physics are supporting a plan to build a huge 100 km circular collider to study the Higgs boson in unprecedented detail news

China unveils ‘Higgs factory’ blueprint

Jocelyn Bell Burnell news

Jocelyn Bell Burnell donates $3m prize

Classroom opinion

The future for learned societies

Computer user opinion

The online revolution

Hinkley Point C feature

Back to the future

Compact discs opinion

A solid (state) success

Julia Higgins interview

The changing face of physics

Philosophical divisions opinion

Do you philosophize?

Higgs decay feature

Triumphs and frustrations

Fibre optics feature

A shining example

Superconductor feature

Temperature’s rising

Fusion reaction feature

Ignition pending

Gravitational waves illustration feature

A wave of discovery

Physics books review

The physicists’ library

Metal industry feature

It’s an ad, ad, ad, ad world

A 2018 physics lab by Clifford V Johnson lateral thoughts

Snapshots through time

Computed tomography careers

Medical physics: a broad spectrum

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