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Articles by Martin Griffiths

Essay
Songs of my youth
Where have all the science lyrics gone?
Martin Griffiths 8 November 2009
Essay
Music(ian) of the spheres
William Herschel and the astronomical revolution
Martin Griffiths 18 October 2009
Essay
Not so mad, bad and dangerous
The dawn of the modern scientist in literature
Martin Griffiths 14 June 2009
Essay
Dress rehearsal for the future
Why science fiction should be part of the curriculum
Martin Griffiths 1 February 2009
Essay
In a man's world
The feminism, fiction, science and philosophy of Margaret Cavendish
Martin Griffiths 31 August 2008
Essay
The uncompromising lens
On fiction, science and social criticism
Martin Griffiths 22 June 2008
Essay
Under a Celtic sky
The lesser-known stories of the stars
Martin Griffiths 13 January 2008
Essay
Flights of fancy - Part III
The birth of the British Interplanetary Society
Martin Griffiths 30 September 2007
Essay
Flights of fancy - Part II
Rocket pioneers lead the way
Martin Griffiths 23 September 2007
Essay
Flights of fancy - Part I
How early novelists inspired spaceflight
Martin Griffiths 16 September 2007

Coming soon...
- Do robots dream of coffee breaks?
  
  New fiction from Nik Papageorgiou
- Parallel universes
  
  New Zealand scientists and writers come together
- Learning science from fiction
  
  Jon Turney explores the power of the story
- King for a day
  
  New fiction from rpg
- Faking it
  
  Paul Andrews reviews Intuition by Allegra Goodman
- Clouds
  
  New short fiction from Tom Mahony
Past highlights
- Stardom
  
  Interview with Neil deGrasse Tyson
- The day after today
  
  Interview with Kim Stanley Robinson
- Dr. Flirt
  
  Can a PhD attract women?
- Bad cop
  
  Guardian columnist defrocks the pseudoscientists
- Unkind literature
  
  Lewis Wolpert ponders fictional science bad guys
- The Glider
  
  Martin Raff recalls a childhood bust-up
- Marketing lab lit fiction
  
  An experiment with Waterstone's
- Sex in the lab
  
  What's Kat Arney wearing under her white coat?

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- That’s one way to intimidate your PhD viva committee
  
  Jenny 4 Mar 2010
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- Drinking the Kool-Aid
  
  Bill 23 Feb 2010
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- The laboratory diet plan
  
  Jenny 15 Feb 2010
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