From Faith to Fun: The Secularisation of Humour
Faith and fun would not seem to share much. Faith suggests seriousness, fun lightheartedness. Faith seems to fit the tragic more than the comic. The exemplar of the opposition between faith and fun...
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The Birth of Feminism: Woman as Intellect in Renaissance Italy and England
In this timely, well-written study, Sarah Gwyneth Ross charts the rise of secular, learned women in intellectual society in Italy and England from 1400 to 1680. She considers commonalities in "the...
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How to Find a Habitable Planet
Could there be life on another heavenly body? A study of the possibilities fascinates Lewis Dartnell
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Cultures of Plague: Medical Thinking at the End of the Renaissance
It is claimed that the first form of popular literature in the West was the "plague tract", a vernacular genre arising out of the Black Death of 1348, and remaining, so historians have assumed,...
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The Great American University: Its Rise to Preeminence, Its Indispensable National Role, Why It Must Be Protected
This doorstopper is a magnificent study that is as timely as it is magisterial. Its author, Jonathan R. Cole, has worked with some of the best and brightest, including Robert K. Merton and Paul...
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The Infanticide Controversy: Primatology and the Art of Field Science
Reactions to 'evil' primate behaviour cast light on the politicisation of science, says Phyllis C. Lee
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Wrinkled Deep in Time: Aging in Shakespeare
An overheard conversation in the corridor last week between two (young - aged about 19?) female undergraduates: "But how could you go out with him? I mean, he's so old!" "Yes, but he's sweet and very...
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Femininity, Mathematics and Science, 1880-1914
The decades surrounding 1900 were pivotal both for the relationship between abstract mathematics and practical science and changes in Victorian ideas of a gendered intellect. Claire Jones makes a...
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Indian Higher Education: Envisioning the Future
A sprawling system needs more democracy and opportunities for graduates, Nayanjot Lahiri writes
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LITERATURE- Last Looks, Last Books: Stevens, Plath, Lowell, Bishop, MerrillBy Helen Vendler, A. Kingsley Porter university professor, Harvard University. Princeton University Press, £13.95. ISBN...
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Phone book et al: one paper, 45 references, 144 authors
CV-boosting encourages astronomically large lists of contributors, says ethicist. Matthew Reisz writes
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Sunderland takes law study to the final frontier
It is one small step for a student, but a giant leap for the University of Sunderland.Starting in September, law students at the institution can choose to study space law as part of their...
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News in brief
Widening participationForty-five per cent and countingThe government has edged closer towards its 50 per cent target for participation in higher education. Statistics published last week show that in...
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Rooms, with a view to more
Firm seizes chance to exploit cuts in funding for sector's capital projects. Melanie Newman reports
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The secrets of horse power
Horses have been turned "inside out" to help educate riders and owners about their anatomy and to reduce the chance of injuries. When seven students studying for a BSc in equine studies were asked to...