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The First Fossil Hunters
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Hazards of unsettling the dust
Magic Mineral to Killer Dust
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Master finds new voice
The Principia
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The fickle fortune of some fine figures
Oxford Figures
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Alice queries science's wonderland
The Woman Who Knew Too Much
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Upstream struggle to remove blinkers
Against The Tide
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Capitalism kills the soul
John Dunn analyses the funniest political philosopher in the world. Some titles carry the author's voice. Not, I think, Karl Marx's Theory of History: A Defence; History, Labour, and Freedom ; or...
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Laurie Taylor column
Corporate sponsor tries to block publication of academic research results that reflected unfavourably on product it paid to have tested - THES , January 5 Do come in, Doctor Bunting. Thank you, vice-...
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Letter: A Christmas cheer
I read with dismay the criticism of Kevin Warwick and his Royal Institution Christmas lectures (Soapbox, THES, December 22/29). With my youngest son, I attended all of the lectures and found them...
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Letter: To add to your list...
The article "Science's top media stars of 2000" (THES, December 22/29), based on national newspaper quotes, excludes me. I have at least 18 citations, which would put me in your top ten, including...
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Letter: Openness and animals
Your editorial ("Existing law on animal use must be enforced", THES, December 15) rightly argues that animal research should not be carried out in secrecy. The sad fact is that it is shrouded in...
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Letter: Give just rewards for work (1)
Before performance-related pay is introduced in higher education ("Performance pay strings divide sector", THES, January 5), we should look at other sectors where it has been introduced to see if it...
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Letter: Give just rewards for work (2)
Under the Labour government in 1968, the Prices and Incomes Board proposed that 3 per cent of the university salary bill be performance pay. There was to be merit money for professors and accelerated...
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Letter: Give just rewards for our work (3)
It is depressing to see that the government is trying to reintroduce performance-related pay - something that failed absolutely the last time it was tried because it is so inappropriate to the work...
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Letter: A political priority
Your editorial ("Still no room on the election manifestoes", THES, January 5) bemoans the likelihood that higher education will be relegated to the sidelines in the forthcoming election and states...