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Onsager's Hard Rod Fluid
A fluid consisting of long thin rods without any forces between them undergoes a transition from an isotropic state to an ordered nematic phase above a critical density. This intuitive result was first derived by Lars Onsager. It explains the
Aesthetic Experience, Film Comedy and Suffering in Sullivan’s Travels: The Prisoners’ Laughter | Film-Philosophy
This article examines the way aesthetic experience is represented in contrast to direct experience in Preston Sturges’s film Sullivan’s Travels (1941). The film portrays the efforts of a successful...
Meet our graduates: Dima Alzayat (Creative Writing) | Literatures, Languages & Cultures | Literatures Languages and Culture
Dima was shortlisted for the 2021 James Tait Black Awards and Dylan Thomas Prize.
History and Scottish History MA (Hons) - Undergraduate programmes | The University of Edinburgh
This programme brings together courses on Scottish history with those from wider historical study. It allows you to combine a well-rounded and broad training in history with a particular focus on Scotland's past.
Bringing History to Life: Nominative Reports in HeinOnline | Legal Information Management
Abstract Nominative reports are a vital part of legal history, providing the foundation for case law documentation before the advent of standardised legal reporting. Compiled by barristers, judges ...
Hegel and the Hollywood Western: Violence, Law and the Right of Heroes in The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance | Film-Philosophy
This article explores the conjunction of Hegel and the Hollywood Western through a close analysis of The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance, adjudicating between competing readings of Hegel by considerin...
"Dangerous Women": the book | IASH
In addition to them, we have welcomed poets, playwrights, academics, journalists, historians, artists, performers and opinion-formers, and indeed anyone with an angle on the theme, to reflect on the danger
Postgraduate Virtual Open Day 2022 | School of Health in Social Science | Health in Social Sciences
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David Hume and slavery | IASH
Anyone with Hume’s intelligence would recognise the enormity of slavery. But Hume sought to benefit from it.
Academic Thrillers: Genre, Gender, and the Reality of Ideas in the University Novels of Charles Williams, Dorothy L. Sayers, and C.S. Lewis | Journal of Inklings Studies
This essay examines three academic novels written in close conjunction: Charles Williams’s The Place of the Lion, Dorothy L. Sayers’s Gaudy Night, and C.S. Lewis’s That Hideous Strength. When the a...