Highlights Physics World  September 2021

Features: Standing on the shoulders of programmers

Quanta: Louise Shanahan: from PhD to the Olympics

Frontiers: NASA maps the inside of Mars

News: John Preskill on Steven Weinberg, who died at 88

News: John Enderby: a passion for physics and publishing

News: Su Yan outlines China’s rise in lunar science

Editorial: Remembering Steven Weinberg

Forum: Can we boost physics by reforming maths?

Transactions: How hi-tech firms can cross the “valley of death”

Critical Point: Why physicists are competitive but not cut-throat

Features: Advances in biological mass spectrometry

Features: The enduring mystery of the solar corona

Reviews: Margaret Harris on the history of nuclear secrecy

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Careers: Why this physicist works in biology

Careers: Ask me anything: Joanne O’Meara

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