A touch of smell, sound and vision
Raquel A. G. Reyes explores the fascinating world of the human senses and their cultural diversity
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Beautiful Minds
Dolphins and great apes would seem to have little in common. Dolphins are aquatic, smooth-skinned, sonar-directed and handless, while great apes are jungle-dwelling, hairy, visually guided and...
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Terror and Toleration: The Habsburg Empire Confronts Islam, 1526-1850
Paula Sutter Fichtner wants to explain how the Habsburg Empire's changing relationship with the Ottoman Empire affected its perception, and representation, of the "Turkish", Islamic other. Her...
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The ultimate in field research
Lawrence Black looks on as scholars accept an invitation to make imaginary journeys back in time
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Einstein and Oppenheimer: The Meaning of Genius
The history of science is often recounted as if it consisted of a series of heroic contributions made by geniuses. Scientists tend to be fond of recycling these myths, while historians of science...
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Reflections on the Cliometrics Revolution: Conversations with Economic Historians
In the autumn of 1957, a group of US and Canadian economic historians met in Williamstown, Massachusetts, to discuss major trends in the 19th-century American economy. At this meeting several...
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BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES- How the Ocean Works: An Introduction to OceanographyBy Mark Denny, John B. and Jean DeNault professor in marine sciences and biomechanics, Stanford University. Princeton...
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First Impressions competition: 22 May 2008
This week’s competition, in which you have to identify a book from its opening sentence, is from a memoir:“I had a farm in Africa at the foot of the Ngong Hills.”Entries, including postal address,...
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Research into Islamic terrorism led to police response
A masters student at the University of Nottingham who was arrested under the Terrorism Act under suspicion of possessing extremist material was studying terrorism for his dissertation, Times Higher...
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Poor planning puts future international growth at risk
Pockets of over-provision in some subjects leads to concerns about market saturation, writes John Gill
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Brunel bridges the gulf
Conservative attitudes in Saudi Arabia restrict postgraduate opportunities for women, particularly if they want to travel overseas to study at Western universities.However, a programme recently set...
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Business-backed course probed
Inquiry found fictional campaign fostered deception and compromised academic probity, says John Gill
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Overseas briefing
AustraliaPlan to drop full-fee places slatedA university head has likened plans to abolish full-fee places for domestic students at Australian universities to outlawing private schools. The Labor...
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Let's get serious
Ex-policeman Graeme Pearson, head of a new centre to study serious crime, is keen to develop ways to curtail its global reach
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Appointments
Graham Galbraith has been appointed deputy vice-chancellor of the University of Hertfordshire. The professor of building physics is currently pro vice-chancellor at Glasgow Caledonian University, a...