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The British Government plans to intervene directly in the ancient argument about the terms on which university teachers are appointed. It may irreparably damage the universities in the process.
The chaos as formulated for physical dynamic systems is applied to a very simple nonlinear model of the arms race. The transition, from stability to instability, from arms race to war, could be analogous to the transition from a laminar to a turbulent (or chaotic) flow.
The latest compilation of particle physics data is a monument not merely to those who discover new particles but also to those who have improved the accuracy of what is known.
