4 OCTOBER 1975, page 5

Cosmology

From Dr Satya B. Sen Sir: Referring to the expansion-contraction theory of the universe of some cosmologists Tom Margerison in his short article 'Radio astronomy. The old laws......

Morality And Religion

Sir: John Linklater's attack on "a report published under the auspices of the National Foundation for Educational Research" (September 6) should not go unanswered. The......

Lost Words

Sir: Far be it from me to suggest that the BBC choral forces found the National Anthem either tricky or unfamiliar at the Last Night of the Proms. The complaint in my review......

From The French

Sir: It wasn't Sir Karl Popper — not originally, anyway. Le mieux est l'ennemi du bien is a famous French proverb. Robert McEwen Marchmont, Greenlaw, Berwickshire......