Contemporary Physics, Volume 51, Issue 1 (2010)

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Editorial

Editorial
Obituary notice of Vitaly Ginzburg
Peter Knight
Page: 1
Published online: 15 Dec 2009
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Oscillatory activity in excitable neural systems
Axel Hutt
Pages: 3-16
Published online: 20 Nov 2009
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Photons and (artificial) atoms: an overview of optical spectroscopy techniques on quantum dots
A. N. Vamivakas & M. Atatüre
Pages: 17-36
Published online: 15 Dec 2009
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Optical frequency standards and clocks
H. S. Margolis
Pages: 37-58
Published online: 10 Nov 2009
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Quantum picturalism
Bob Coecke
Pages: 59-83
Published online: 15 Dec 2009
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Essay Review

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The first war of physics
Norman Dombey
Pages: 85-90
Published online: 23 Oct 2009
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Book Review
Nuclear Superfluidity. Pairing in Finite Systems, by D.M. Brink and R.A. Broglia
Scope: textbook. Level: specialist, postdoctoral and postgraduate
R. C. Johnson & M. Oi†
Pages: 91-92
Published online: 22 Oct 2009
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The Noisy Pendulum, by M. Gitterman
Scope: monograph. Level: undergraduate, graduate and general reader
K. Alan Shore
Page: 92
Published online: 22 Oct 2009
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Computational Physics of Carbon Nanotubes, by H. Rafii-Tabar
Scope: introduction/reference. Level: researchers and postgraduate
Matt Probert
Pages: 92-93
Published online: 22 Oct 2009
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Magneto-Fluid Dynamics. Fundamentals and Case Studies of Natural Phenomena, by P. Lorrain, F. Lorrain and S. Houle
Scope: introduction. Level: advanced undergraduates and postgraduates
Anne Juel
Pages: 93-94
Published online: 22 Oct 2009
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The Pursuit of Perfect Packing, by T. Aste and D. Weaire
Scope: monograph. Level: general reader, postgraduate and specialist
S. J. Blundell
Pages: 94-95
Published online: 22 Oct 2009
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The Earth: Its Origin, History and Physical Constitution, 6th edition, by Sir Harold Jeffreys
Scope: monograph. Level: specialist
S. J. Blundell
Pages: 95-96
Published online: 22 Oct 2009
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