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Benoît Mandelbrot (1924–2010)
Mathematician, and father of fractal geometry, who described the roughness of nature.
- Ralph Gomory
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History: Franklin, centre stage
Josie Glausiusz enjoys a play capturing the zeal and backstabbing in the race to discover DNA's structure.
- Josie Glausiusz
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John Huchra (1948–2010)
Astronomer who mapped the structure of the Universe.
- Robert Kirshner
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In retrospect: The five lives of the psychiatry manual
Roy Richard Grinker describes the military origins of the key reference work for diagnosing mental illness.
- Roy Richard Grinker
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Researchers launch hunt for endangered data
Global effort will catalogue information languishing in drawers and basements.
- Linda Nordling
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50 & 100 years ago
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Cities: The century of the city
The explosion in urban population looks set to continue through the twenty-first century, presenting challenges and opportunities for scientists.
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George C. Williams (1926–2010)
Incisive thinker who influenced a generation of evolutionary biologists.
- Axel Meyer
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History: The light and shade of German science
From physiology to physics, a stirring exhibition reflects 300 years of science in Berlin, discovers Alison Abbott.
- Alison Abbott
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50 & 100 years ago
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Policy: Towards nuclear zero
Fact-packed final volume of a quartet on nuclear security is required reading, writes Joseph Cirincione.
- Joseph Cirincione
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The lost correspondence of Francis Crick
Alexander Gann and Jan Witkowski unveil newly found letters between key players in the DNA story. Strained relationships and vivid personalities leap off the pages.
- Alexander Gann
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Monkey business
Walton Ford's painting of a historical primate banquet belongs to a rich tradition of exploring the 'human animal', explains Martin Kemp.
- Martin Kemp
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50 & 100 years ago
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An archaeologist digs through her life
At 94, Halet Çambel is seen as a 'scientific hero' in Turkey.
- Rex Dalton
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50 & 100 years ago
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Axe hovers over UK museum jobs
Natural History Museum pre-empts government cuts with attempt at big savings.
- Daniel Cressey
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50 & 100 years ago
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Galileo backed Copernicus despite data
Stars viewed through early telescopes suggested that Earth stood still.
- Katharine Sanderson
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King Tut's death explained?
Experts question claims that malaria and osteonecrosis contributed to Pharaoh's decline.
- Declan Butler
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50 & 100 years ago
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50 & 100 years ago
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Tricks of the stage
A restored imperial theatre in China reveals how Western techniques of visual perspective brought by the Jesuits were adopted by an eighteenth-century Chinese emperor, explains Martin Kemp.
- Martin Kemp
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The demise of the lone author
During the editorship of Philip Campbell (1995 onwards), the single author has all but disappeared. As the average number of contributors to individual papers continues to rise, Mott Greene investigates whether the present system is likely to last.
- Mott Greene
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Nature — the Maddox years
When John Maddox took over the reins of Nature’s editorship in 1966, the journal was in urgent need of reform. Walter Gratzer reflects on how Maddox and his successor (and predecessor) David Davies steered the magazine into its modern format.
- Walter Gratzer
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Nature under Hitler
Nature under the editorship of Sir Richard Gregory (1919–39) was banned in Nazi Germany. Uwe Hossfeld and Lennart Olsson explore the clash between science and national socialism.
- Uwe Hossfeld
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Nature during the cold war
The editorship of David Davies (1973–1980) saw global nuclear arsenals grow and India join the nuclear club. Frank Barnaby examines how Davies addressed the cold war arms race in Nature.
- Frank Barnaby
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Lockyer’s columns of controversy in Nature
Publisher Alexander Macmillan chose Norman Lockyer as Nature’s founding Editor in 1869. It was an inspired choice, but Lockyer’s powerful personality courted controversy in the fledgling magazine. Ruth Barton investigates.
- Ruth Barton
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Mankind’s place in Nature: the Gale–Brimble years
The co-editorship of A. J. V. Gale and L. J. F. Brimble (1939–61) oversaw milestone publications on human origins. Bill Bynum unearths a treasure trove of palaeoanthropology in post-war Nature.
- William. F. Bynum
Basic research: goddess and cow
Preserving social difference
An embellished tale of Pluto's discovery
Pharaoh puzzle
Turin's criminology museum
Body image in Ancient Egypt