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The War Of The Worlds

Tony Osman ASTRONOMER BY CHANCE by Bernard Lovell Macmillan, £18.99, pp. 380 T here is a belief, widespread at the moment, that scientific research can be judged by its economic......

The Role Of Drum

Robert Loder A GOOD-LOOKING CORPSE by Mike Nichol Secker, £17.99, pp. 401 T he impact of Henry Nxumalo's articles and the accompanying photographs of labour conditions in the......