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A Liberal In Academe

Rhodes Boyson Dons and Students John MacCullum Scoit (Plume Press/Ward Lock 0.60) This is an urbane book written by one of our few genuine liberals, a man who appears to have......

Society And The Scientists

John Maddox What Is Science For? Bernard Dixon (Collins £2.50) Dr Bernard Dixon, the editor of New Scientist, has written a well-tempered and welldocumented account of the......