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    Letters: September 2004

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    From R J Rathbone

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    Flashback

    2004-08-01T00:00:00Z

    August - 35 years ago; 65 years ago; 95 years ago; 145 years ago; 230 years ago

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    A wild goose chase

    2004-08-01T00:00:00Z

    Thiol and error, or a wild goose chase.

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    Editorial: Breaking a vicious circle

    2004-08-01T00:00:00Z

    Karen Harries-Rees looks at the problems facing science education.

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    Letters: August 2004

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    From Norman Nicolson At last someone who is trying to strike a blow at the rubbish published in the newspapers in the name of science. I am a Guardian reader and have made similar comments in the Bad Science section of Guardian Unlimited. There is another writer of a similar ...

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    Sinigrin in the rain

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    It is part of Hollywood folklore that somebody was once raving to Ginger Rogers about what an amazing dancer her screen partner Fred Astaire was.

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    Flashback

    2004-07-01T00:00:00Z

    July - 25 years ago; 70 years ago; 85 years ago; 150 years ago;

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    It's not such a funny old 'chemical' world

    2004-07-01T00:00:00Z

    Nina Hall is not amused.

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    Letters: July 2004

    2004-07-01T00:00:00Z

    From Jim Naismith University chemistry is in crisis. Many people, including myself in a Chemistry in Britain Comment [May, 2002], warned that on our current course we were headed towards this. Increased transparency of costing would reveal chemistry to be an expensive loss maker, coupled with the decreasing undergraduate ...

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    Flashback

    2004-06-01T00:00:00Z

    June - 75 years ago; 100 years ago; 165 years ago; 180 years ago; 205 years ago

  • RSC

    Campaign underway

    2004-06-01T00:00:00Z

    Simon Campbell unveils his plans to raise the profile of the chemical sciences.

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    The house that Black built

    2004-06-01T00:00:00Z

    Name the French-born chemist who founded pneumatic chemistry, introduced the limewater test for carbon dioxide, discovered an element and pioneered the study of thermodynamics.

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    Letters: June 2004

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    From Susan Kelly, Coordinator -Chemistry, Thurston Community College Our chairman of governors was keen to draw our attention to [the RSC’s] article in The Daily Telegraph of February 18 2004, entitled ’British chemistry faces extinction’. We are a state school, of 1350 students, which as from September 2004 will have ...

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    Flashback

    2004-05-01T00:00:00Z

    May - 65 years ago; 90 years ago; 100 years ago; 150 years ago; 175 years ago.

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    Don't try this at home

    2004-05-01T00:00:00Z

    One of the more extreme pieces of television from last year came in the form of the BBC documentary Bodysnatchers.

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    Back to the Bachelor?

    2004-05-01T00:00:00Z

    Terry Mitchell looks at the problems of implementing the Bologna process.

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    Letters: May 2004

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    From David Tilbrook The Knovel service the RSC has provided is exceptional! Congratulations. At last [RSC] membership is delivering something of real practical benefit to the practising chemists in the country. I would make one comment though. You aren’t advertising this service very much and it is a real membership ...

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    Flashback

    2004-04-01T00:00:00Z

    April - 5 years ago; 20 years ago; 65 years ago; 85 years ago; 115 years ago; 230 years ago

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    Fragrant bouquet

    2004-04-01T00:00:00Z

    As an octogenarian, I was recently pondering some of the more interesting facets of my life in the field of metals chemistry.

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    Witch way to pay

    2004-03-01T00:00:00Z

    In the light of ongoing financial problems faced by most UK chemistry departments.