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Author Archives: Austin
A hundred years ago – the Hill equation
I have been meaning to post this piece for ages, but never seem to find the time to do the necessary re-writes! Since there is now a small lull before I get submerged under the next wave of exam marking, … Continue reading
Funding the elite is not the real problem
I have a guest blog over at the Times Online today (May 6th): A response to Sir Paul Nurse: it’s not only the elite who are feeling the strain Note: May 17th – I’ve now posted the whole thing here … Continue reading
Quantum homeopathic flapdoodle
I had wanted to post something for World Homeopathy Awareness Week (WHAW), which ended a few days ago. However, I have been hampered by the fact that, whenever I think about writing anything more about homeopathy, I tend to find … Continue reading
Stop Press: BCA drop case against Simon Singh
Breaking news from the internet: there are strong signs that the British Chiropractic Association have dropped their long-running libel case against Simon Singh: see here from the barristers’ chambers of one of Singh’s legal team, which says the BCA have … Continue reading
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Royal Institution management to stay after dramatic vote
News just in that the “Extraordinary Meeting” at the Royal Institution in London has broken up, with the attempt to vote out the Trustees defeated Mark Henderson of the Times and Ian Sample of the Guardian have been “live-tweeting” the … Continue reading
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Pioneer of muscle contraction
My own small contribution to Ada Lovelace Day… Students tend to think that discoveries underpinning what they get taught in first year lectures were made long, long ago, by ancient scientists long-dead. Of course, this is not true in “young” … Continue reading
