Tackling scientific taboos
Consciousness and Emotion
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Breathing life into cult of the dead
Death and the Afterlife in Ancient Egypt - Akhenaten - Cleopatra of Egypt
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Clicked on to the code
LMS Journal of Computation & Mathematics
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Landscapes to colonise
The Artificial Empire
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Metamorphosis in a vibrant republic
Art in France 1900-1940 - Literature, Art and the Pursuit of Decay in Twentieth-Century France
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Space man mirroring nature
Constructing Modernity
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First impressions
This week's competition, in which you have to identify a book from its opening sentence, is from a manifesto written in prison : "It has turned out fortunate for me today that Destiny appointed...
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Laurie Taylor
Morning, Maureen. MORNING, MAUREEN! Ah, Professor Lapping. Cat got your tongue? No, no. I was waiting for a fax from Dr Piercemuller about his conference expenses and got caught up in an article by...
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Letter: Stop stress and disadvantage 4
The Home Office has just awarded us a grant to assist refugees, particularly with respect to post-school education ("Red tape is throttling talent", THES , November 16). The home secretary has also...
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Letter: Clash of ideas 1
Thomas Meyer says the idea of a clash of civilisations - Islam and the West - plays into the hands of rightwing fundamentalists and segregationism ("A fundamental fallacy", THES , November 9). But...
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Letter: Clash of ideas 2
Where is Islam's contribution to social science (Letters, THES , November 16)? Science demands testing theories by evidence and rational principles. The myth of the Koran as the direct word of God...
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Letter: Hidden assets 1
As an administrator, I was delighted, at last, to read something about the admin side of higher education ("Underpaid, overlooked", THES , November 16). But I take issue with the term "non-academic"...
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Letter: Hidden assets 2
I wholeheartedly agree with Val Atkinson in her splendid article and I'm sure there is a "Maureen" in every school, faculty and department throughout the country. The problem for universities will...
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Letter: Hidden assets 3
Valerie Atkinson's article rings true. Most departmental secretaries are graduates with high-level, wide-ranging capabilities in IT, webpages, interpersonal skills, departmental PR etc. Additionally...