Saviour or scourge?
Russia in the Age of Peter the Great
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Herr Hitler before the hate set in
Hitler's Vienna
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What we mean by semantics
Theories of Programming Langauges
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Scientists who need to get ALife
Silicon Second Nature
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How hard-wearing is your software?
Hypermedia and the Web
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Fast-paced story without a plot
A History of Modern Computing
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Level-headed work
The Pattern on the Stone
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Show me the science
TV's science programming is a joke, says Nobel prizewinning chemistry professor Harry Kroto. That's why he has set up an alternative - with proper science and real experts. Is the time right for an...
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Surfing past terrestrial television
Recently, direct streaming of video images over the worldwide web has moved from the realm of science fantasy into one of today's most exciting internet technologies. Although still in its infancy,...
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Of uncertain tomorrows
A son of Palestine, a citizen of the US; respected by academe, demonised by Zionists; embroiled in a nine-year battle with leukaemia, Edward Said's life has been marked by uncertainty. Here he tells...
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The cancer in our charities
US cancer specialist Samuel Epstein has sparked a row with UK cancer charities by suggesting they are riddled with conflicts of interest -an accusation that they vigorously deny. Ayala Ochert reports...
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How hard-wearing is your software?
HYPERMEDIA AND THE WEB:An Engineering approach. David Lowe and Wendy Hall. Wiley. 623pp. Pounds .50. - ISBN 0 471 98312 8. Thirty years ago there was a series of software disasters. As a result...
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No fees for first-years is ruling party pledge on Canadian election trail
MONTREAL As Canadian tuition fees continue to soar, a provincial government that hopes to be re-elected next Thursday is offering a free year of university to high-school graduates. Saskatchewan's...
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Interest falls in benign orphan
When discovered in humans, the TT-virus caused a scare. Now that it is seen as harmless, the medical community's interest has waned. But this could be a mistake, Steve Farrar hears It is the disease...