The week in books
Truth and Ontology by Trenton Merricks, professor of philosophy, University of Virginia. Clarendon Press, £.50, ISBN 9780199205233"Throughout the book Merricks considers various propositions that...
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Meditations on rights and rites
Brian Black finds insightful commentary on Zen's opposing voices, but no road map to a middle way
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The World from Beginnings to 4000 BCE (The New Oxford World History)
Human evolution and astrophysics share more than might be obvious at first glance - both address the "big" questions about existence, both fascinate the non-specialist while appearing bewilderingly...
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Galileo's Glassworks: The Telescope and the Mirror
The invention of the telescope in late 1608 transformed Galileo's life and the future course of astronomy. News of a simple instrument that could magnify distant objects had reached The Hague at a...
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Top 10 Academic Bestsellers: Blackwell, Liverpool
1. Blackstone's Statutes on Contract, Tort and Restitution 2007-2008, Eighteenth Edition edited by Francis Rose Oxford University Press, £14.99 ISBN 97801992116782. Blackstone's Statutes on Criminal...
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A touch of smell, sound and vision
Raquel A. G. Reyes explores the fascinating world of the human senses and their cultural diversity
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Beautiful Minds
Dolphins and great apes would seem to have little in common. Dolphins are aquatic, smooth-skinned, sonar-directed and handless, while great apes are jungle-dwelling, hairy, visually guided and...
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Terror and Toleration: The Habsburg Empire Confronts Islam, 1526-1850
Paula Sutter Fichtner wants to explain how the Habsburg Empire's changing relationship with the Ottoman Empire affected its perception, and representation, of the "Turkish", Islamic other. Her...
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The ultimate in field research
Lawrence Black looks on as scholars accept an invitation to make imaginary journeys back in time
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Einstein and Oppenheimer: The Meaning of Genius
The history of science is often recounted as if it consisted of a series of heroic contributions made by geniuses. Scientists tend to be fond of recycling these myths, while historians of science...
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Reflections on the Cliometrics Revolution: Conversations with Economic Historians
In the autumn of 1957, a group of US and Canadian economic historians met in Williamstown, Massachusetts, to discuss major trends in the 19th-century American economy. At this meeting several...
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BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES- How the Ocean Works: An Introduction to OceanographyBy Mark Denny, John B. and Jean DeNault professor in marine sciences and biomechanics, Stanford University. Princeton...
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First Impressions competition: 22 May 2008
This week’s competition, in which you have to identify a book from its opening sentence, is from a memoir:“I had a farm in Africa at the foot of the Ngong Hills.”Entries, including postal address,...
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Research into Islamic terrorism led to police response
A masters student at the University of Nottingham who was arrested under the Terrorism Act under suspicion of possessing extremist material was studying terrorism for his dissertation, Times Higher...
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Poor planning puts future international growth at risk
Pockets of over-provision in some subjects leads to concerns about market saturation, writes John Gill