More than a feeling
Many researchers believe a 'gut instinct' can be as powerful a tool as logic and academics should acknowledge its role in their work. Matthew Reisz reports
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29 May 2008
Rising stars - The young academics tipped to go places
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Not picking up good citations
The prospect of another research assessment exercise will lead only to discord, says Gloria Monday
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The gift of surprise
Looking over the work produced by her masters students, Tara Brabazon is struck by their creativity, inspired by their enthusiasm and determination and humbled to see teaching help to change lives
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The book of the week: The New Asian Hemisphere: The Irresistible Shift of Global Power to the East
Radhakrishnan Nayar on 'de-Westernisation'
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The week in books
Truth and Ontology by Trenton Merricks, professor of philosophy, University of Virginia. Clarendon Press, £.50, ISBN 9780199205233"Throughout the book Merricks considers various propositions that...
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Meditations on rights and rites
Brian Black finds insightful commentary on Zen's opposing voices, but no road map to a middle way
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The World from Beginnings to 4000 BCE (The New Oxford World History)
Human evolution and astrophysics share more than might be obvious at first glance - both address the "big" questions about existence, both fascinate the non-specialist while appearing bewilderingly...
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Galileo's Glassworks: The Telescope and the Mirror
The invention of the telescope in late 1608 transformed Galileo's life and the future course of astronomy. News of a simple instrument that could magnify distant objects had reached The Hague at a...
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Top 10 Academic Bestsellers: Blackwell, Liverpool
1. Blackstone's Statutes on Contract, Tort and Restitution 2007-2008, Eighteenth Edition edited by Francis Rose Oxford University Press, £14.99 ISBN 97801992116782. Blackstone's Statutes on Criminal...
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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...