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The Week in Books
Arsenals of Folly: The Making of the Nuclear Arms Race by Richard Rhodes, affiliate of the Center for International Security and Cooperation at Stanford University. Simon and Schuster, £20.00, ISBN...
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A New History of Anthropology
Jeremy MacClancy raises three cheers to a book that offers oft-neglected theories on the past
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The Re-Enchantment of Morality: Wisdom for a Troubled World
Richard Harries, now Lord Harries of Pentregarth, is well known as the long-serving former Bishop of Oxford and as a noted Christian apologist. His latest offering seeks to provide an introduction to...
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God's Fury, England's Fire: A New History of the English Civil Wars
English Civil War studies continue to be a magnetic field for historians and literary scholars; Michael Braddick's 90 pages of endnotes and 30-page bibliography of secondary works bear ample witness...
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The FBI: A History
Gary L. McDowell delves into the mysteries and machinations of an iconic American institution
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Quirky Sides of Scientists: True Tales of Ingenuity and Error from Physics and Astronomy
Popular science has become more enticing in some ways in recent years. Skilled story-telling, stylish writing, a shared sense of wonder and high intellectual excitement are all available in a...
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What is Emotion? History, Measures and Meanings
Jerome Kagan, professor emeritus of psychology at Harvard University, questions the things others would not dare. His book is deliciously subversive. He masterfully unearths the shaky assumptions of...
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Published this week
BIOGRAPHY- Leni Riefenstahl: A LifeBy Jurgen Trimborn, professor of film, theatre and art history, University of CologneI. B. Tauris, £14.99. ISBN 9781845116446Trimborn uses detailed research and his...
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Marketing: Real People, Real Choices
Planning with a peppering of practical pizzazz
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Cross-discipline plan aims to give the past a future
Arts and sciences will join forces in a new heritage science research programme. Zoe Corbyn reports
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Grant Winners
MEDICAL RESEARCH COUNCIL- Award winner: Ian Wilmut- Institution: University of Edinburgh- Value: £1,608,092Centre for Regenerative Medicine- Award winner: Peter Andrews- Institution: University of...
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Eastern scholar
Kazakhstan has honoured chemical engineer Stef Simons for his long involvement with the country's growth
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Appointments
The French Government has recognised a Thames Valley University professor's contribution to the country's culinary arts. David Foskett, an associate dean at TVU's London School of Tourism,...
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Specialist institutions may have to prove value to keep subsidy
Hefce overhaul could see premium awards based on evaluation of public worth. John Gill reports