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...
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...
Raquel A. G. Reyes explores the fascinating world of the human senses and their cultural diversity
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...
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...
Lawrence Black looks on as scholars accept an invitation to make imaginary journeys back in time
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...
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...
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...
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,...
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...
Pockets of over-provision in some subjects leads to concerns about market saturation, writes John Gill
Conservative attitudes in Saudi Arabia restrict postgraduate opportunities for women, particularly if they want to travel overseas to study at Western universities.However, a programme recently set...
Inquiry found fictional campaign fostered deception and compromised academic probity, says John Gill
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