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The academy has long been a haven for obsessives, but now its emphasis on teamwork would ill suit socially inept geniuses such as Paul Dirac, writes Matthew Reisz
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Stone-Age thinking
Evolutionary psychology applies the tenets of Darwinism to human thought and action, with major implications for public policy. But critics say it presents untestable, headline-grabbing myths as fact...
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12 March 2009
Odd ones out - Are super-bright obsessive thinkers no longer welcome in the academy?
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Developing leadership is key to future, foundation tells Denham
Report says ambitions for sector depend on improving quality of management. Hannah Fearn writes
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Bullied Blogger: The bloody, bloody pressure and added value of conspiracy theories
3 March: After talking to my partner, old friends and the union, I decide to send an email to Helen Murr outlining my concerns about Marcus and suggesting a temporary change of line manager. This is...
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Future of eight Liverpool departments in doubt
Disappointing RAE results could lead to cuts, leaked documents show. Melanie Newman reports
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Funding losers criticise allocation decisions
Research elite ‘surprised’ by ‘real decline’ in budgets, reports Zoë Corbyn
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Paracelsus: Medicine, Magic and Mission at the End of Time
Theophrastus von Hohenheim (1493/94-1541), who began using the pen name Paracelsus in an astrological tract published in 1529, has long been appreciated for his revolutionary ideas in medicine and...
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Intellectuals and their Publics: Perspectives from the Social Sciences
Fred Inglis admires an examination of the place of those who speak truth to power in society today
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Published this week
? = Review forthcomingBIOLOGICAL SCIENCES- The Cambridge Companion to DarwinEdited by Jonathan Hodge, senior lecturer in the history and philosophy of science, and Gregory Radick, senior lecturer in...
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How to be French: Nationality in the Making since 1789
A survey of citizenship criteria makes a valuable contribution to a hot issue, says Sian Reynolds
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Rebuilding War-Torn States: The Challenge of Post-Conflict Economic Reconstruction
War-ravaged nations have been a prominent feature of the post-Cold War era. Although many of the conflicts have dissipated into some form of peace, few of these places can be said to have established...
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Top 10 academic bestsellers: Blackwell, york
1 Macroeconomics: Fifth International Edition by Olivier Blanchard Pearson Education, £49.99 ISBN 97801320796312. Violence by Slavojiek Profile Books, £8.99 ISBN 97818466801753. Dante's Inferno -...
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The Long Work Hours Culture
Gail Kinman welcomes an exhaustive overview of lengthy labours and their impacts on health
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Saladin
Saladin, the Kurdish leader who crowned the political achievements of his mentor Nur al-Din by uniting the late 12th-century Muslim Middle East under his rule and recapturing Jerusalem and the Holy...