Rainbow nation remains divided
Despite the advent of democracy, citizenship entitlement is still unclear, writes Saul Dubow
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Superstition: Belief in the Age of Science
In 2000, Robert Park, a veteran physicist at the University of Maryland, published the best-selling Voodoo Science. There he exposed the gullibility of not only the public but also the US Congress to...
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What's Happening to Public Higher Education? The Shifting Financial Burden
A financially induced crisis is developing in America's public universities, if we believe this book edited by Ronald Ehrenberg, distinguished Cornell University economist. We are told that stagnant...
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BIOLOGICAL SCIENCESWitness to ExtinctionBy Samuel Turvey, research fellow, Institute of Zoology, University of CambridgeOxford University Press, £16.99ISBN 9780199549474In relating the plight of the...
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Love unbridled is a volcano
Lynne Segal enjoys a race through two and half millennia of sexual matters in Europe
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Physics for Future Presidents: The Science behind the Headlines
If you were trying to give a crash course on physics for world leaders, what would you include? Global warming, nuclear power and even space are all subjects that Richard Muller and I agree are...
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Top 10 Academic Bestsellers: Blackwell, Southampton
1. Principles of Marketing by Frances Brassington and Stephen Pettitt Pearson Education, £45.99 ISBN 97814058463492. Understanding Cross-Cultural Management by Marie-Joelle Browaeys and Roger Price...
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Welcome to a world of free access
Traditional textbooks can encourage intellectual passivity in students. But alternatives are beginning to emerge, writes Matthew Reisz
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Theory on test with world in miniature
Dimensional Analysis and Intelligent ExperimentationAuthor: Andrew C. PalmerEdition: FirstPublisher: World ScientificPrice: £25.00 and £17.00Pages: 164ISBN 97898108182 and 8199This is a brief guide...
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The power of heat
General ThermodynamicsAuthor: Donald R. OlanderEdition: FirstPublisher: CRC PressPages: 408Price: £39.99ISBN 9780849374388The relationship between heat and power, or "classical thermodynamics",...
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Semiconductor Manufacturing Technology
Semiconductor Manufacturing TechnologyAuthor: Chue San YooEdition: FirstPublisher: World Scientific Publishing and Imperial College PressPages: 484Price: £65.00ISBN 9789812568236This textbook aims to...
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Non-linear Waves and Offshore Structures
Non-linear Waves and Offshore StructuresAuthor: Cheung Hun KimEdition: FirstPublisher: World Scientific Publishing and Imperial College PressPages: 540Price: £65.00 and £39.00ISBN 9789810248840 and...
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Engineering Round-up
An Introductory Text to BioengineeringEditors: Shu Chien, Peter C.Y. Chen and Y.C. FungEdition: SecondPublisher: World Scientific Publishing and Imperial College PressPages: 564Price: £55.00 and £29....
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Get a grip on the matter before you
Introduction to the Thermodynamics of MaterialsAuthor: David R. GaskellEdition: FifthPublisher: Taylor & FrancisPages: 618Price: £45.00ISBN 9781591690436Materials science - comprising metallurgy...
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GPS for Land Surveyors
GPS for Land SurveyorsAuthor: Jan Van SickleEdition: ThirdPublisher: CRC PressPages: 360Price: £46.99ISBN 9780849391958From fundamental theory to practical application and advanced technologies, this...