Invisible Romans: Prostitutes, Outlaws, Slaves, Gladiators, Ordinary Men and Women...The Romans That History Forgot
Tom Palaima discovers the hopes, dreams and lives of ordinary people living under Imperial Rome
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First Life: Discovering the Connections between Stars, Cells, and How Life Began
First Life opens with a beautifully evocative anecdote. Taking a night-time swim off the coast of Baja California beneath a clear starry sky, David Deamer was struck by an overpowering sense of...
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In Defence of Dogs
Looking at long bookshelves packed with books on dogs gives the impression that anybody can be an expert on man's best friend. But in an overcrowded field, one may feel fully confident when reading...
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The Law Is a White Dog: How Legal Rituals Make and Unmake Persons
Conor Gearty praises an angry expose of how the US legal system deprives and excludes citizens
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Between Raphael and Galileo: Mutio Oddi and the Mathematical Culture of Late Renaissance Italy
Alexander Marr's book is a recovery of a remarkable figure: Mutio Oddi of Urbino (1569-1639), architetto ducale, professore di matematica nelle Scuole Palatine, ingegnere della Serenissima Repubblica...
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The Information: A History, a Theory, a Flood
In the age of Google, Twitter, information overload and confusion, The Information is a timely blessing for anyone in a wheelspin about the meaning of what has befallen us. It is a work of Herculean...
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Putting a Name to It: Diagnosis in Contemporary Society
The process of identifying illness involves more than mere detective work, finds Deborah Bowman
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Ballot Box China: Grassroots Democracy in the Final Major One-Party State
China is democratic - according to the Chinese Communist Party. Kerry Brown knows better. He does not portray China as democratic under the normal definition, but he does see China as practising...
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Because We Are Poor: Irish Theatre in the 1990s
We are frequently told that the key asset of a knowledge-based economy is people: smart, flexible, educated, proficient, globally aware. This surely describes the Irish of the 1990s, and their...
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Autonomy by degrees as FE colleges seek to go it alone
Exposure to shifts by accrediting institutions spurs quest for new powers, reports David Matthews
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Goal-oriented team player oversees strategy in two very different games
Access a shared aim in twin roles as rugby league chair and business academic. John Morgan writes
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Time to optimise, says British Library's HE chief
A former management consultant who claims extensive experience "at the heart of rapid change" has been appointed the British Library's head of higher education.
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News in Brief
AustraliaRise in mental illness predictedThe prevalence of mental health problems among Australian students is likely to rise as more are recruited from disadvantaged backgrounds, researchers have...
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Grant winners
THE WELLCOME TRUSTSir Henry Wellcome Postdoctoral Fellowships• Award winner: Irene G. Romero• Institution: European Bioinformatics Institute• Value: £250,000Comparative genomics of regulatory...
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We talk about tainted money, but is cash ever stain-free?
When it comes to Murdoch's involvement in our universities, the most fundamental question raised is not about individual donors: it's about the place of private wealth in the UK sector, says Deborah...