Beware sloppy sloganeering
Poorly understood free market principles applied to science funding pose a threat to long-term research, says Derek Roberts. I am disappointed, but not surprised to see (THES, March 10) that the...
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Boy's own revisited
Laurie Taylor (THES, March 10) was clearly unimpressed with the article by John Davies on the increasing use of multiple-choice questions (MCQs) in student assessment (THES, March 3). I was intrigued...
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Micky Mouse mistakes
John Sutherland's review of a new book on copyright (THES, March 3) has a number of errors: for example, in July 1995 United Kingdom copyright term extends to 70 years post mortem. Contrary to what...
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Final Word
This week's Final Word comes from a story about explosions and Manhattan: "The preeminent transnational community in our culture is science. With the release of nuclear energy in the first half of...
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Speaking Volumes: The Singer of Tales
Ruth Finnegan on Albert Lord's The Singer of Tales . When I arrived in Oxford my tutor told me to read my classical texts aloud. Being literal-minded, I took her advice. And having read out all those...
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`Greetings, carbon-based bipeds!'
Are We Alone? Philosophical Implications of the Discovery of Extraterrestrial Life
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A timely piece for those who weren't born yesterday
Language and Time
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Decoherent answers
The Interpretation of Quantum Mechanics
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Bound to impress
The Knot Book:
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Bringing QFT to the masses
QED and the Men Who Made It:
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Going on and on . . .
Understanding the Infinite
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Clocks, time and the big hand of God
At Home in the Universe
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Just William?
The Complete Works of Shakespeare - The Authorship of Shakespeare's Plays: - Engaging with Shakespeare: - Shakespeare:
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Not here but there
Philosophy of Physics
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Simple Simon met a pi man
The Essence of Chaos - The Collapse of Chaos: