Magic of tiny good vibrations
String Theory Volume One - String Theory Volume Two
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Four and no more
The Four-Colour Theorem
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Added values
An Introductory Course in Commutative Algebra - Geometry - Glimpses of Algebra and Geometry - Numbers and Geometry - Introduction to Linear Algebra and Linear Algebra - Introduction to Algebra -...
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A quantum leap for computation
Feynman and Computation
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Where there's holy smoke there's fire
The earliest attack on Eugenio Pacelli's wartime conduct is the 1963 play by Rolf Hochhuth, The Representative in Berlin. Hochhuth's papal portrait is of a heartless, avaricious cynic, who,...
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The devil's advocates
John Cornwell has found damning evidence against saint-in-waiting Pope Pius XII. As those about to be canonised face increased academic scrutiny, becoming a saint has never been so tough. Supplying...
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Eugenio Pacelli
(Photograph) - Along with Eugenio Pacelli (above), other controversial figures under consideration for sainthood by the Vatican include Mother Teresa (left) and the Capuchin monk Padre Pio. Hostile...
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A day in the life of superman-machine
A phone embedded in your ear, a teddy to record your child's thoughts, implants squirting neurochemicals to make you happy. Donald A. Norman describes the human body of the future. Technology changes...
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Pills, thrills and bellyaches
One in five of Britain's students is risking unwanted pregnancy by having unprotected sex. Should universities teach sex education? Helen Hague reports. One in four of Britain's students are risking...
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A very ordinary failure
Harold Wison's fixer Lord Goodman was not a crook after all, his biographer Brian Brivati has decided. His 'flaws' went far deeper than that. In Britain, in the years between the Profumo scandal of...
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Higher channels
John Davies scans the schedules. (All times pm unless stated.) Pick of the week Recent-history revelations are everywhere this weekend: part two of BBC2's Spying Game, the finale of C4's Can't Pay,...
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Golden oldies
(Photograph) - Golden oldies: a student enrols at Goldsmiths College, University of London, for its PACE (professional and community education courses), which offer flexible education and training...
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Hunter gatherers
(Photograph) - Hunter gatherers: Hannah Northam and Miranda Wakeman from Stafford College of Art unveil their sculpture, Artemis of Versailles at Sandon Hall, Staffordshire to replace an original...
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Teaching the teachers
HEAD TO HEAD: standards debate The accreditation of lecturers is designed to improve learning in universities. Will it work? YES Caroline Bucklow Most people I know who teach in universities and...
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When a smile is a bad sign...
REPORTS FROM THE BRITISH ASSOCIATION FOR THE ADVANCEMENT OF SCIENCE We must look not only internally but also at a cultural level to try to define a universal human nature. Steve Farrar reports The...