April 2009
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Geoscientist 19.4 April 2009
Editorial
- Wot, no Nobels? Ted Nield on some revolting academics
- Science in Government. Peter Allen wonders if we beat ourselves up too much about not using the right language., What we need is more scientifically literate people in politics!
People
- Carousel; Deaths
- Distant Thunder: Sinking to new depths - Nina Morgan on the roots of the Great Plumes Debate, which reappeared online last month
Geonews
- Dinos not chargrilled - Dwain Eldred on new geochemical evidence that there was no global wildfire at the close of the Cretaceous.
- News in Brief - Joe McCall ponders snowballs, slushballs and spouting satellites
Society at Large
- Chartership News George Tuckwell and Bill Gaskarth on a welcome rise in CGeol applications under the new system
- Society Research Grants - winners announced
- Geoscientist Reader Survey
- Consultations
- Shell London Lectures
- Elections (Fellows Only)
Reviews
- Three new book reviews, by Tim Atkinson, Bernard Leake and Sean Mulshaw.
- Darwin's Big Idea - Sarah Day reviews the NHM exhibition to mark the great man's bicentenary
Features
- Extending the Subway - Seth Pollack describes how to tunnel under Manhattan without bringing a skyscraper down on your head