Contemporary Physics

Editorial – International Year of Light
pp. 1-1(1)
Author: Knight, Peter

Nature’s optics and our understanding of light
pp. 2-16(15)
Author: Berry, M.V.

Gravitational Lensing: Einstein’s unfinished symphony
pp. 17-34(18)
Authors: Treu, Tommaso; Ellis, Richard S.

How fundamental are fundamental constants?
pp. 35-47(13)
Author: Duff, M.J.

Nano-optomechanics with optically levitated nanoparticles
pp. 48-62(15)
Authors: Neukirch, Levi P.; Vamivakas, A. Nick

Ion Coulomb crystals
pp. 63-79(17)
Author: Thompson, Richard C.

Mathematics is everything, maybe : Scope: general interest. Level: general readership
pp. 80-84(5)
Author: Bailin, David

A Concise Treatise on Quantum Mechanics in Phase Space : Scope: review. Level: postgraduate, advanced undergraduate, early career researcher, researcher.
pp. 85-87(3)
Author: Coffey, William T.

Computational Photonics: An Introduction with MATLAB, by Marek S. Wartak : Scope: textbook. Level: undergraduate.
pp. 88-88(1)
Author: Ironside, Charlie

High-order Harmonic Generation in Laser Plasma Plumes, by Rashid Ganeev : Scope: review. Level: early career researcher, researcher, teacher, specialist
pp. 88-89(2)
Author: Bertolotti, Mario

Madame Wu Chien-Shiung: The First Lady of Physics Research, by Tsai-Chien Chiang/translated by Tang-Fong Wong : Scope: review. Level: general readership
pp. 89-90(2)
Author: Nicol, Mark

Intelligible Design: A Realistic Approach to the Philosophy and History of Science, by Julio A. Gonzalo and Manuel M. Carreira : Scope: general interest, monograph. Level: general readership, researcher, scientist, engineers
pp. 90-90(1)
Author: Wang, Chih-Yueh

The Physics of Nanoelectronics: Transport and Fluctuation Phenomena at Low Temperatures, by Tero T. Heikkilä : Scope: text book. Level: postgraduate, advanced undergraduate
pp. 90-91(2)
Author: Benedict, Keith A.

Einstein Relatively Simple: Our Universe Revealed in Everyday Language, by Ira Mark Egdall : Scope: general interest. Level: general readership
pp. 91-91(1)
Author: Esposito, Salvatore

An Introduction to Macroscopic Quantum Phenomena and Quantum Dissipation, A.O. Caldeira : Scope: text book. Level: postgraduate, early career researcher, researcher
pp. 92-92(1)
Author: Lancaster, Tom

A Course in Mathematical Methods for Physicists : Scope: review. Level: undergraduate
pp. 92-93(2)
Author: Nicol, Mark

Symmetry and Fundamental Physics: Tom Kibble at 80, edited by Jerome Gauntlett : Scope: review. Level: scientist
pp. 93-94(2)
Author: Osborn, H.

Quantum Social Science, by Emmanuel Haven and Andrei Khrennikov : Scope: monograph. Level: postgraduate, early career researcher, researcher, teacher
pp. 94-94(1)
Author: Vogel, Manuel

Fundamentals of Picoscience, edited by Klaus D. Sattler : Scope: edited book. Level: postgraduate, advanced undergraduate, early career researcher, researcher, teacher, specialist, scientist, engineers
pp. 95-95(1)
Author: Myridis, Nikolaos E.

Physics and Our World: Reissue of the Proceedings of a Symposium in Honor of Victor F Weisskopf : Scope: history of science. Level: general reader
pp. 95-96(2)
Author: Dombey, Norman

Physics and Chemistry of Circumstellar Dust Shells, by Hans-Peter Gail and Erwin Sedlmayr : Scope: text book. Level: specialist
pp. 97-97(1)
Author: Ishak, B.

Symmetry Relationships between Crystal Structures: Applications of Crystallographic Group Theory in Crystal Chemistry, by Ulrich Müller : Scope: monograph. Level: postgraduate, Specialist
pp. 97-98(2)
Author: Osborn, H.

Back-of-the-envelope Quantum Mechanics: With Extensions to Many-body Systems and Integrable PDEs, by Maxim Olshanii : Scope: textbook/supplementary text. Level: undergraduate and postgraduate
pp. 98-98(1)
Author: Pikovski, Alexander

The Oxford Handbook of the history of physics edited by Jed Z. Buchwald and Robert Fox : Scope: reference. Level: general readership
pp. 98-99(2)
Author: Joseph, Bob

40 Years of Berezinskii–Kosterlitz–Thouless Theory, edited by Jorge V. José : Scope: monograph. Level: specialist
pp. 99-100(2)
Author: Blundell, S.J.

One Hundred Physics Visualisations Using Matlab (With DVD-ROM), by Dan Green : Scope: Review. Level: Undergraduate
pp. 100-100(1)
Author: Rogel-Salazar, J.

Essential Physics, by John Matolyak and Ajawad Haija : Scope: textbook. Level: pre-university
pp. 101-101(1)
Author: Ishak, B.

Quantum Field Theory and the Standard Model, by Matthew D. Schwartz : Scope: text Book. Level: postgraduate
pp. 101-102(2)
Author: Peters, Thomas

Introduction to Elementary Particle Physics (2nd Edition), by Alessandro Bettini : Scope: text book. Level: undergraduate, teacher
pp. 102-102(1)
Author: Ishak, B.

From Photons to Higgs: A Story of Light (2nd Edition), by Moo-Young Han : Scope: general interest. Level: non-specialists, postgraduate, advanced undergraduate, teacher, scientist
pp. 102-103(2)
Author: Andrews, David L.

Ceramic Lasers, by Akio Ikesue, Yan Lin Aung, and Voicu Lupei : Scope: monograph. Level: researcher
pp. 103-104(2)
Author: Alan Shore, K.

Probing the Meaning of Quantum Mechanics: Physical, Philosophical and Logical Perspectives, edited by Diederik Aerts, Sven Aerts and Christian de Ronde : Scope: edited book. Level: researcher
pp. 104-104(1)
Author: Bussey, Peter J.

Techniques in High Pressure Neutron Scattering, by Stefan Klotz : Scope: text book. Level: postgraduate
pp. 104-105(2)
Author: Hull, Stephen

Nuclear Dawn: F.E. Simon and the race for Atomic Weapons in World War II, by Kenneth D. McRae : Scope: review. Level: general readership
pp. 105-105(1)
Author: Cowan, Brian

Lasers and Electro-Optics: Fundamentals and Engineering (2nd Edition), by Christopher C. Davis : Scope: text book. Level: undergraduate, advanced undergraduate, engineers
pp. 105-106(2)
Author: Hobson, Peter R.

Corrigendum
pp. 107-107(1)

Corrigendum
pp. 108-108(1)