Reading for Battle
Battle Readings is a regularly updated compilation of articles, essays, and opinion pieces relevant to the themes of the Battle of Ideas.
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In highlighting DNA as it appears in soap operas, comic books, advertising, and other expressions of mass culture, the authors propose that these domains provide critical insights into science itself.
Dorothy Nelkin & M. Susan Lindee, University of Michigan Press, 19 July 2004
We all appreciate that there are differences in the typical psychology of men and women. Yet underlying these subtle differences, Simon Baron-Cohen believes, there is one essential difference, and it affects everything we do: Men have a tendency to analyze and construct systems while women are inclined to empathize.
Simon Baron Cohen, Penguin, 4 March 2004
Autism is a neurodevelopmental disorder that allows a unique window on the relationship between mind and brain. The study of autism provides insight into the brain basis of the complex social interactions typical of human beings, since a profound impairment in social interactions is the hallmark of autistic disorders.
Uta Frith & Elisabeth Hill (eds.), Oxford University Press, 15 January 2004
"Reading Pinker is one of the biggest favours I've ever done my brain" Richard Dawkins.
Steven Pinker, Penguin Books Ltd, 5 June 2003
A revolution in spaceflight is likely soon, with the prospect of everyday access to orbit. Costly ballistic missiles used to launch vehicles will be replaced by "spaceplanes", using technology that already exists.
David Ashford, Imperial College Press, 5 February 2003
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David Jones, professor of bioethics, St Mary's University College