Browse Items (728 total)
- Tags: 1980s
Every Time the Evidence Breaks Down
'Every Time the Evidence Breaks Down', Encounter
Tags: 1980s; 1989; 1989-12-1; Hutchinson, Mark
Triple Life
'Triple Life', London Review of Books
Tags: 1980s; 1989; 1989-11-23; Ernest Rutherford; Erwin Schr�dinger; Henri Becquerel; J.J. Thomson; Max Planck; Niels Bohr; Physics; Pippard, Brian; Quantum Mechanics; Walter Moore
Joke Book?
'Joke Book?', London Review of Books
Tags: 1980s; 1989; 1989-11-23; A.D. Nuttall; History of Madness; Medicine; Nuttall, A. D.; Psychology, Psychiatry and Psychotherapy; Robert Burton
The Information Revolution
'The Information Revolution', Encounter
Tags: 1980s; 1989; 1989-11-1; Sussman, Leonard R.
Out my computer window
'Out my computer window', Harpers
Tags: 1980s; 1989; 1989-11-1; BIX (Computer bulletin board); Electronic discussion groups; Engineering; Information Technology; Kenner, Hugh; United States
Encyclopedias
'Encyclopedias', London Review of Books
Tags: 1980s; 1989; 1989-10-26; Asa Briggs; Communication Technologies; Cyril Glass; Encyclopedias; Erik Barnouw; Francis Robinson; H.R. Loyn; Judith Hannam; Ninian Smart; Paul Davies; Physics; S.A.m. Adshead; Zeldin, Theodore
FIRE
'FIRE', The New Yorker
Tags: 1980s; 1989; 1989-10-2; Earth Sciences; fire; Geography; Hackett, Thomas; National Park; Natural burn
Diary
'Diary', London Review of Books
Tags: 1980s; 1989; 1989-9-28; Coster, Graham
Anthropology's Auto-da-Fe
'Anthropology's Auto-da-Fe', Encounter
Tags: 1980s; 1989; 1989-9-1; Fox, Robin
Anyone for President?
'Anyone for President?', Encounter
Tags: 1980s; 1989; 1989-9-1; Dooley, Brian
Body History
'Body History', London Review of Books
Tags: 1980s; 1989; 1989-8-31; Barbara Gates; Bodies; Dorinda Outram; Gender; History of Medicine; Jeanne Peterson; Ludmilla Jordanova; Medicine; Porter, Roy; Psychology, Psychiatry and Psychotherapy; Suicide
Sickness and Salvation
'Sickness and Salvation', London Review of Books
Tags: 1980s; 1989; 1989-8-31; AIDS; Alternative Medicine; Disease; Lawson, Sylvia; Medicine; Rosalind Coward; Susan Sontag
Havens
'Havens', London Review of Books
Tags: 1980s; 1989; 1989-8-17; Biology; Ernst Peter Fischer; Erwin Schr�dinger; Fran�ois Jacob; Kevles, Daniel; Max Delbr�ck; Max Perutz; Microbiology; Molecular Biology; Physics
SEMPER PARATUS
'SEMPER PARATUS', The New Yorker
Tags: 1980s; 1989; 1989-8-7; Boats; Coast Guard; Drug Smuggling; Engineering; Gibbs, Tony; Mechanical Engineering; safety; Underfunding
McFreud�s
'McFreud�s', Harpers
Tags: 1980s; 1989; 1989-8-1; Feder, Mike; Humor; Medicine; Psychology, Psychiatry and Psychotherapy; Psychotherapists� offices; Psychotherapy; United States
Toward pure energy
'Toward pure energy', Harpers
Tags: 1980s; 1989; 1989-8-1; Aeronautics and Aerospace; Air pilots; Engineering; Fighter planes; Gonzales, Laurence; Laurence Gonzales; Military; Piloting; United States
When I began to understand quantum mechanics
'When I began to understand quantum mechanics', Harpers
Tags: 1980s; 1989; 1989-8-1; Hamilton, Jane; Physics; Quantum theory
Life on Mars
'Life on Mars', Harpers
Tags: 1980s; 1989; 1989-8-1; Cosmology; Exploration; Life on other planets; Mars (Planet); Physics; Turner, Frederick W.
II-BIG SUGAR
'II-BIG SUGAR', The New Yorker
Tags: 1980s; 1989; 1989-7-24; Biology; hand labour; Jamaicans; Plant Sciences; sugar; Wilkinson, Alec
I-BIG SUGAR
'I-BIG SUGAR', The New Yorker
Tags: 1980s; 1989; 1989-7-17; Biology; hand labour; Jamaicans; Plant Sciences; sugar; Wilkinson, Alec
Pain and Hunger
'Pain and Hunger', London Review of Books
Tags: 1980s; 1989; 1989-7-12; Epidemics; Gregory David de Rocher; History of Medicine; Laurent Joubert; Mary Kilbourne Matossian; Medicine; Other; Piero Camporesi; Poison; Quacks; Roy Porter; Shippey, Tom
PENGUINS
'PENGUINS', The New Yorker
Tags: 1980s; 1989; 1989-7-10; Ackerman, Diane; Antarctic; Biology; King Penguins; Ornithology; South Georgia; Zoology
HER DEEPNESS
'HER DEEPNESS', The New Yorker
Tags: 1980s; 1989; 1989-7-3; Biology; Diving; Marine biology; marine botany; Oil spill; submersibles; Sylvia Earle; Tektite; White, Wallace
Threads & Strands
'Threads & Strands', Encounter
Tags: 1980s; 1989; 1989-7-1; Skelton, Ross
Einstein in the Patent Office"
'Einstein in the Patent Office"', Encounter
Tags: 1980s; 1989; 1989-7-1; Davis, Philip
Diary
'Diary', London Review of Books
Tags: 1980s; 1989; 1989-5-18; Cold Fusion; Fleischmann; Physics; Pons; Ziman, John
Bits
'Bits', London Review of Books
Tags: 1980s; 1989; 1989-5-18; Caufield, Catherine; Digital Physics; Ed Fredkin; Edward Wilson; Isaac Newton; Kenneth Boulding; Physics; Richard Feynman; Robert Wright; Science and religion; Timothy Ferris
Mares and Stallions
'Mares and Stallions', London Review of Books
Tags: 1980s; 1989; 1989-5-18; Biology; Evolution; Games Theory; John Maynard Smith; Sex; Ursua Le Guin; Wilkie, Tom
Hidden Assumptions
'Hidden Assumptions', Encounter
Tags: 1980s; 1989; 1989-5-1; Bogdanor, Vernon
Visionary Gleams
'Visionary Gleams', Encounter
Tags: 1980s; 1989; 1989-5-1; Takahashi, Yasunari