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Aubrey Blumsohn says to blame industry alone for the 'prostitution' of science is wrong-headed
This is a wonderful book: it is scholarly, well-written, beautifully illustrated (with an array of fascinating historic photographs, drawings and much else) and utterly absorbing. The Woolworth...
1. Macleod's Clinical Examination by Graham Douglas, Fiona Nicol and Colin Robertson. Churchill Livingstone, £33.99. ISBN 97804430740422. Oxford Book of Clinical Medicine by M. Longmore, I. B....
The role of class in the American democratic process can surprise, writes Richard Rose
The term "grade inflation" was coined in the US in the early 1970s against the backdrop of double-digit price inflation. Conventionally, it refers to an upward shift in grades awarded to students in...
I was keen to review this book as a possible addition for reading lists to accompany seminars that examine the sociology of death and dying from the perspective of what C. Wright Mills termed "the...
Alan Ryan reflects on the States we're in
Pompeii: The Life of a Roman Town by Mary Beard, professor of classics, University of Cambridge. Profile Books, £25.00, ISBN 9781861975164"Mary Beard ... sets out to rehabilitate Pompeii and succeeds...
Robert Shoemaker wonders if the statistics, and the 'civilising process', tell the whole story
Identity fraud is not a modern invention. History is rife with impostors claiming to be long-lost members of royal families. One of these "hidden kings" is Giannino di Guccio, an Italian merchant who...
Termites in the Trading System is a seriously weighty little tome. In 110 pithy pages, economist Jagdish Bhagwati marshals a compelling case against Free Trade Areas - the termites eating away at the...
Ron Johnston examines the finer points of citation, arguing that only conformists will be published
On Easter Saturday 1605, a middle-aged Spanish lady who spoke no English and was in chronic ill health landed at Dover. Her handicaps were of no especial concern to her because her greatest hope in...