Articles from SciTech Book News (June 1, 2008)

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Title	Author	Type	Words
'Son of Star Wars': striking back at the empire.		Brief article	221
A brief history of nuclear weapons; 'The explosive force of nuclear fission has changed everything except our modes of thinking and thus we drift towards unparalleled catastrophe. We shall require an entirely new pattern of thinking if humankind is to survive.'.	Einstein, Albert		1947
Alien vs predator: cool Ranch.			352
At a glance.		Country overview	556
Australia's ambiguity.			173
Battles of Britain.		Brief article	92
Beijing Coma.	Jian, Ma	Book review	315
Better naked than nuked.		Brief article	156
Big bad world.		Cartoon	14
Bloodshot Monochroma.	Agbabi, Patience	Book review	156
Bullshit in a bottle.			241
Carbon Tax.	Anderson, Mal	Letter to the editor	177
Colossus in the sun: Egypt's rising food prices have hit the headlines. Maria Golia steps back and looks at how the process of provision itself is undergoing headlong change.	Golia, Maria	Essay	772
Country profile Uzbekistan.	Neuss, Sorrel	Country overview	609
Daniel Variations.	Reich, Steve	Sound recording review	242
Deceptive language.	Pellas, J.	Letter to the editor	84
Era of modesty.	Grignon, Tsiporah	Letter to the editor	153
Evading Europe's entanglements.		Brief article	177
Fossil foolery: antics near and far on 1 April.			693
Global campaign for a convention.		Brief article	124
Global warming and the King's Arms pub: environmentalists may be missing out a vital part of the argument, suggests Horatio Morpurgo.	Morpurgo, Horatio	Essay	1822
Highlighting the work of artists and photographers from the majority world.	Amani, Kian	Photograph	210
India's dance with the devil.		Brief article	175
Interview with Brain McLaren on the need for Christians to engage with the real world.	McLaren, Brain		862
Japan betrays bomb survivors.		Brief article	203
Kiwis fix nukes with number 8 wire.		Brief article	293
Moral connections.	Linn, Craig	Letter to the editor	327
My grandmother - a memoir.	Cetin, Fethiye	Book review	291
Nuclear weapons.	Worth, Jess	Brief article	266
On torture.	Hilde, Thomas C.	Book review	182
Respectable racism.	Russell, Lucy	Letter to the editor	169
Scared of a star: spirit of independence shines on.	Samuelson, Richard		547
Social movements for global democracy.	Smith, Jackie; Tarrow, Sidney	Book review	70
Standing up to the State.	Butalia, Urvashi	Viewpoint essay	825
Striking out: Nike workers 'just doing it' for themselves.	Ballinger, Jeff		478
Swimming Against the Tide.	Fawthrop, Tom	Video recording review	212
Talking warheads: Western leaders don't like to mention it, but being able to launch a nuclear attack is still central to their notion of 'security'. The real thing, however, requires a very different approach, argues Paul Rogers.	Rogers, Paul	Viewpoint essay	1561
Teeny tiny terror.		Brief article	218
The bomb stops here: the world is nuking up again, to new and alarming levels. So why are disarmament campaigners so optimistic? Jess Worth spots a window of opportunity.		Viewpoint essay	3093
The Boy Bands Have Won.	Chumbawumba	Sound recording review	254
The charm fades: the country most at risk from Pakistan's bomb could be Pakistan itself, argues.	Hoodbhoy, Pervez		1700
The facts; there are over 27,000 nuclear weapons in the world. Thousands are deployed on land, at sea and in the air, posing the constant threat of nuclear war and radioactive contamination.			1209
The gamblilng boom; Welcome to the flashing lights of the world casino where plankton play fruit machines. David Ransom on the globalized world of gambling and the jaw-dropping gambles of the globalized economy.	Ransom, David		2778
The language of world farming ...	Mitchell; Richardson	Brief article	57
The line on Jesus.	Hewitt, Jim	Letter to the editor	320
Three and Out.		Movie review	267
Trident tested: there are many ways of saying no to nukes. Angie Zelter tells the inside story of one of the most inventive.	Zelter, Angie		962
Where's the evidence?	Rigg, Trevor	Letter to the editor	239
Who is Harald?	Bullard, Nicola	Brief article	230
WHOOPS! We all make mistakes, and people in charge of weapons of mass destruction are no exception ...		Brief article	309
Workers of the world.	Feldmann, David	Letter to the editor	66