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The civilization to be defended
Grenville Wall [ gren.wall@kolumbus.fi ] Friday 21 September 2001, 06: BST One of the very earliest jewels in the civilization the West wants to defend against terrorism is The Oresteia by...
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Dubious derivations resonate throughout a wavering work
Mathematics of Wave Propagation
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Page upon page of paradigm shifts
The Astrophysical Journal, American Astronomical Society Centennial Issue
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Traveller, poet and misfit of Mars
Percival Lowell
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Too many mysteries to clarify
Chaos and Harmony
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Room for one more eddy in a stream
Turbulent Flows
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Elegant spin on journey to the very heart of the matter
Quantum Mechanics
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A safety net for all society
Howard Davies welcomes a serious look at our need for state welfare. Throughout the two great political campaigns of this year - the general election and the subsequent Conservative leadership...
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Atlantis, yardang, but why no pingo?
The Oxford Companion to the Earth
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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 19th-century essayist who originally wanted to be a philosopher or a painter: "There is a pleasure...
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Getting to know all about you
The Moon - Patrick Moore on the Moon
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Laurie Taylor
"Evidence that mathematicians gain many more firsts than other undergraduates may have more to do with the non-discursive nature of their subject than higher intelligence" - THES September 14....
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Letter: Vatican dispute
The article "Can of worms open as Vatican archives stay shut" ( THES , September 7) refers to the role of Father Peter Gumpel, the Vatican official who is acting as the independent judge for Pope...