PROF. J. MILLAR THOMSON, F.R.S

J. J. Thomson and the Cavendish Laboratory in his Day

The American Cancer Society does not officially endorse the opinions expressed in this book, but its tacit approval is clear to the reader. Unfortunate errors in spelling proper names detract somewhat from the reader's appraisal of the author's over-all accuracy. Nonetheless, everyone, medical and nonmedical, should read this fascinating recital of man's frustrations in solving the cancer riddl...

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ity control. Others fear that even minor adverse effects of abortion on women’s health or on the outcome of later pregnancies might be cumulative with multiple abortions. In this article, we describe the rate of and trends in repeat abortion in Canada from 1975 to 1993, and we relate these data to selected characteristics of Canadian women who obtained repeat abortions. Additionally, although t...

6 . 042 J / 18 . 062 J , Fall ’ 05 : Mathematics for Computer Science October 3 Prof . Albert

A 1994 University of Chicago study entitled The Social Organization of Sexuality found that on average men have 74% more opposite­gender partners than women, confirming a view that men are more promiscuous. But whoever reported this finding was lying or confused! We’ll show you how to use the properties of vertex degrees in a graph to prove this. Let’s recast opposite­gender partnering in graph...

The Sofield-Millar operation in osteogenesis imperfecta

We have reviewed the results of the Sofield-Millar operation on 58 long bones in ten patients. If more than three osteotomies were undertaken the time to union of the bone was significantly prolonged (p < 0.001) with significant thinning of the bone (p < 0.02). We have used a modified technique in order to minimise surgical trauma and devascularisation of the bone. The rod is introduced under t...