First Impressions
This week's competition, in which you have to identify a book from its openingsentence, is from a provocative critic of Althusserian Marxism: "For some time, for many decades, the materialist...
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A life full of twistors and turns
The Geometric Universe
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All zest and little nerve
The Third Way
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Chekhov's lasting challenge
The Chekhov Theatre
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Dynamic pursuits that led to chaos
Celestial Encounters
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France's scientific sledgehammer
Pierre-Simon Laplace, 1749-1827
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Hand-outs that can damage the world
Perverse Subsidies
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How traffic jams spring up on clear roads
Mathematical Models in Applied Sciences
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Measured successes
Conceptual Foundations of Quantum Mechanics
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Pilots, parachutes and a drunk's walk
Fractals, Scaling and Growth Far From Equilibrium
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Spinning a good scientific yarn
The Story of Spin
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The road to E=mc<sup>2</sub>
Einstein's Miraculous Year
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Higher channels
John Davies selects radio and television programmes of use to THES readers. (All times pm unless stated.) Pick of the week Horizon: Chimps on Death Row Thursday 9.25 BBC2. Horizon continues the...
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'You don't know it , but history is in you'
WORLDLY WISE 15 Is Simon Schama our 'most gifted historian' or a prima donna? Harriet Swain reports. When Simon Schama was seven years old, his father would get him to declaim Shakespearean speeches...
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The nitty gritty of student choice
Are league tables here to stay? Jennie Bristow asks pairs of vice-chancellors, heads of department and students how important they think they are John Brooks Vice-chancellor University of...