Wednesday: At odds with the 'celebrity science'

[Eureka Street]

WRITERS AWARDS ANNOUNCED - The winners of the Eureka Street/Reader's Feast Award and the Margaret Dooley Award for Young Writers were announced during a ceremony on 18 July. Details on the winners and their winning essays here.

WEDNESDAY 23 JULY 2008 At odds with the 'celebrity science' MARKO BELJAC It is easier to get a job or get on the box doing superstring theory — the elusive 'theory of everything'. Progress in the field is being conducted without reference to empirical reality, revealing a market driven form of collective irrationality. Read more | Listen

BY THE WAY Pub mural's lost legacy BRIAN MATTHEWS The Great Uraidla Pub Mural was the wonder and enigma of locals and tourists alike. The occasional knowledgeable blow-in would be flabbergasted and deeply impressed to find 'a Tom Gleghorn' on the wall. Read more | Listen EUREKA STREET is published daily by Jesuit Communications Australia at www.eurekastreet.com.au. It's free to subscribe, but please support our advertisers. If you would prefer to receive a weekly email, go to www.eurekastreet.com.au/subscribe.aspx. If this email does not display correctly, go to www.eurekastreet.com.au/archive.aspx

 

 

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