Monthly Archives: February 2014

The Linnaean Society Library

Posted on 13 February 2014 by Frank Norman

Visiting other libraries can be a great source of inspiration to a librarian, giving you ideas to copy and making you jealous of the lovely things that other libraries have. Over the past twelve months I have hosted visits to … Continue reading →

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UK Photography, OR how my ten-year-old daughter kicked my butt, three times

Posted on 12 February 2014 by Richard Wintle

A few months ago, I posted this photograph of my daughter piloting my best camera and biggest telephoto lens, while I was reduced to snapping a picture of her with an early-1970′s vintage rangefinder loaded with honest-to-goodness black and white … Continue reading →

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Science of Middle-Earth: New Paperback Edition

Posted on 12 February 2014 by Henry Gee

The printing history of The Lord of the Rings is reputedly one of the more complex and tangled issues in modern publishing history. Matters aren’t quite so fraught for The Science of Middle-earth, my own contribution to the canon. For … Continue reading →

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Next to (Ab)normal

Posted on 9 February 2014 by Steve Caplan

I’ve had a rough time this week; not just the stress at work, the snow storm here in Omaha, a bit of illness and a young inexperienced driver smacking into the back of our car. It’s more than that. Part … Continue reading →

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Echinoids

Posted on 9 February 2014 by Henry Gee

Here is a small collection of fossils. I’m posting this to celebrate the recovery of the second one along on the bottom row, found by me earlier today on Cromer East Beach while Crox Minor and I were walking the … Continue reading →

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Thinking about the Pipeline

Posted on 8 February 2014 by Athene Donald

A PhD should comprise both education and training. It should not be slave labour or done in blindness about where it might be leading. But I fear these statements don’t always apply. In the research grouping in which I sit … Continue reading →

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Cats for Kites

Posted on 7 February 2014 by Henry Gee

Mrs Crox has just passed me a story on some unforseen consequences of the present inclement weather. The full story may be found here.

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Research talks about large congenital melanocytic nevi

Posted on 6 February 2014 by Heather

Cross-posted from The Node: Limited time offer until 30 April 2014. Read on. As a developmental biologist, I have found my calling in applying what I have learned  about normal embryogenesis to better understanding the pathophysiology of various  human congenital … Continue reading →

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Marvelous Maths

Posted on 5 February 2014 by Henry Gee

I love maths. My adoration of maths has, however, been largely unrequited. Having long since abandoned my one-way devotion as hopeless, I have recently been forced into a number of startling episodes of nostalgia, now that Crox Minor (15) is … Continue reading →

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The Great War Remembered #7

Posted on 5 February 2014 by Henry Gee

‘Mess in the Trenches, Chemin-des-Dames, 1916′, by the Cromer Poultry Great War Re-Enactment Society.

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