Kites, wings, drones, hoops: the promise and challenges of airborne wind energy
Round off 2019 with our annual bumper reviews section. There’s a cracking autobiography by quasicrystal pioneer Paul Steinhardt, a wonderfully written examination of the power of mathematics in physics by Graham Farmelo, and a look at the strange crossover between psychics and physics, and more. Plus don’t miss Margaret Harris’s feature on airborne wind energy – a new way of generating renewable energy that’s been used everywhere from Caribbean islands to the windswept coasts of northern Europe.
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