Daily Archives: 15 September 2011

A momentary lapse of reason—Chapter Eleven

Posted on 15 September 2011 by rpg

Chapter Ten The Volunteer Sabine checked her watch against the clock over the door. It wasn’t that she and Max ever agreed to meet, but his habit was to be at the lab half an hour after leaving his office. … Continue reading →

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Planet Dinosaur

Posted on 15 September 2011 by Henry Gee

While browsing the BBC website for something else just now (OK, OK, I wanted to know when Torchwood was on, I have this thing for stroppy leather-clad Welsh women with guns) I discovered the first episode of Planet Dinosaur lurking … Continue reading →

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Space

Posted on 15 September 2011 by Henry Gee

As you both know, I am not a great fan of manned space exploration. To qualify that, though, I think the Space Shuttle and the International Space Station (ISS) constituted an expensive distraction after the heroic Apollo missions, during which … Continue reading →

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How Do You Know How to Write a Thesis?

Posted on 15 September 2011 by Athene Donald

I wrote my PhD thesis so long ago it was typed for me by someone else based on my handwritten chapters; the diagrams were drawn laboriously and messily by me with a pen, ink and a fair number of smudges; … Continue reading →

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