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Author Archives: Frank Norman
A fruitful New Year [3]
In England we don’t have much in the way of colourful New Year traditions. The Scots famously make more of the season, which they call Hogmanay, but in England the traditional choices are: Go out to a pub and get … Continue reading
Posted in Froth, New Year, Philippines
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Righting authorship wrongs [4]
I had never heard of Dalton Trumbo until today, and I daresay you haven’t heard of him either. He was a member of the “Hollywood Ten,” which was a group of writers and directors who were blacklisted after being deemed … Continue reading
Posted in Authorship, Froth
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They’re really not helping [13]
Getting older and more forgetful is one of those things you just have to accept. Trying to remember where you left the keys, what day your niece’s birthday is, whether you need to catch the 143 bus or the 134 … Continue reading
Posted in Journal publishing
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Is this a post? [20]
Today is a special day on Occams Typewriter. One year ago the site burst onto the blogosphere. I had an idea to write a witty history of Occams Typewriter in the form of a Christmas carol, but I didn’t have … Continue reading
Posted in Blogology
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It’s a book, but not as we know it [3]
A series of 21 online books has been launched as part of an initiative to provide a bridge between the humanities and the sciences. The aim is to create: a resource for researching and teaching relevant science issues across the … Continue reading
Posted in avant garde, Books, ebooks, Humanitiies, media studies
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Trashy journals [3]
A Chinese couple published a couple of dozen academic journals, collecting a reported $1.5 million in publication fees from thousands of contributors. But, provincial authorities allege, the journals were fake. Only a few copies of each issue were printed, and … Continue reading
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The Royal Society Library [4]
Librarians love to snoop round other libraries, looking for new ideas and taking inspiration from different institutions and their collections. I must confess that sometimes I find such visits a bit tedious but I really enjoyed my latest visit. Last … Continue reading
Posted in History, Libraries and librarians
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Numbers that limit us
The first big number that I remember learning about was Avogadro’s number, N, which is 6.022 x 1023 and represents the number of molecules in one gram-molecule of oxygen. My first chemistry teacher at school, Mr Horkan, was Russian-born and … Continue reading
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A tour of Kings Cross / St Pancras
One of the sessions at Science Online London this year was about “offline communities in online networking“. There are all kinds of groups around that either started as online groups or that use online tools to organise themselves and gain … Continue reading
Posted in Crick Institute, Froth, Kings Cross, LIKE, London, Regeneration, walking
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And the winner is …
The Max Perutz essay prize is in its 14th year and is a major landmark on the science writing landscape. To enter the competition MRC-funded PhD students are invited to write an essay: in no more than 800 words, to … Continue reading
