All Culture and people articles – Page 166
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ReviewOrganic chemistry (2nd edn)
Jonathan Clayden, Nick Greeves and Stuart WarrenOxford University Press2012 | 1264pp | £44.99 (PB)ISBN 9780199270293It’s an interesting position to be in to review the second edition of a book that, quite frankly, I grew up with. Having started my undergraduate course in the same year that the first edition of ...
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CareersAllow me to demonstrate
As Peter Wothers gets ready to deliver this year’s Royal Institution Christmas lectures, Sarah Houlton finds out he’s had a lifetime of preparation
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News
Tragic death of Oxford astrophysicist
Steven Rawlings, co-author of maths books for chemists, was accidentally killed by his friend and colleague, the coroner has ruled
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ReviewScience tales
Darryl CunninghamMyriad Editions2012 | 176pp | £11.99 (HB)ISBN 9780956792686I recently obtained a commission to write a book about deceived wisdom: lies, hoaxes and scams, essentially all the stuff you thought was right, that’s actually wrong. So, it was a bit of a shock when Darryl Cunningham’s Science tales landed on ...
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OpinionDickens and the haunted chemist
Christmas carol author explored chemistry in fact and fiction
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Business
Solvay launches €300,000 chemistry prize
To recognise science that could ‘shape tomorrow’s chemistry and help human progress’
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ReviewPrize fight
Morton MeyersPalgrave Macmillan2012 | 272pp | £16.99 (HB)ISBN 9780230338906While winners are written into the history books and their names synonymous with success, those in second place are quickly forgotten. This is as true in science as it is in sport. But assigning credit for scientific advances can be a tricky ...
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