Capturing 'the rustle of a star'
I See a Voice
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The maths may not add up, but it's a model tool kit for the new philosophy
The Nature of Mathematical Modelling
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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 work in which the protagonist feels particularly friendly towards the end of the week: " I was born...
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And they let there be light
More Things in Heaven and Earth
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Debates in Plato's shadow
Doubt and Certainty
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Physics, metaphysics
The Comprehensibilty of the Universe
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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...