How Mexican Rebels Destroy Railways and Bridges

The assault on universalism: how to destroy the welfare state.

How many low - mass stars do destroy 3 He ?

We recall the current status of the long-standing 3 He problem, and its possible connection with chemical anomalies on the red giant branch. In this context, we collect in the literature all the available observations of the carbon isotopic ratio in field and cluster giant stars. Using the HIPPARCOS paral-laxes, we get constraints on the evolutionary status of the field stars of the sample. Thi...

Rebels with a Cause?

Does a Member of the British Parliament’s voting record have any effect on their constituency electoral performance? Scholars have assumed not, else they have tested the proposition with an extremely limited number of roll calls. Congruent with public opinion findings we contend that, paradoxically, voters conditionally reward both ‘party unity’ and ‘independent mindedness’ in their elected rep...

Rebels without a Cause

They start off with the mild drugs, pep-pills, simply in order to stay awake and participate in city night life. But many of them are homeless and rootless and they soon find the drugs provide an artificial escape from their miseries and they begin to depend on them. Dr. H. M. Holden has investigated teenage addiction and sees the problem more as a social than a psychiatric one. Drug addiction ...

Rebels with a (Biological) Cause

History of biology is often presented and/or taught in the context of discoveries, with little or no emphasis placed on the scientists’ personae. This book is a collection of essays, each about a scientist who made a significant impact on biology and who is considered by the editors to qualify as either a rebel, a maverick, or a heretic. Although I could not find much about these scientists to ...