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Alexander Masters

There’s nothing wrong with plugging a friend’s book

Alexander Masters 14 November 2015 9:00 am

The advantage of reviewing books by a friend is that you can invite him out for a walk across the…

The Ant Nebula, located a mere 3,000–6,000 light years from Earth in the southern constellation Norma

Physicists have stranger ideas than the most preposterous Old Testament preacher

Alexander Masters 22 August 2015 9:00 am

The beliefs of physicists are infinitely kookier than anything in the Bible, says Alexander Masters

How could anyone enjoy Cédric Villani’s ‘Birth of a Theorem’? I think I’ve worked it out

Alexander Masters 28 February 2015 9:00 am

I’ve got a mathematical problem. Birth of a Theorem is by one of the great geniuses of today, a cosmopolitan,…

Alexander Masters’s diary: The idea that could unlock dozens of new cancer drugs

Alexander Masters 15 November 2014 9:00 am

Two million pounds can buy you consideration for a place on a medical trial! Every year untold numbers of potential…

Diary

Alexander Masters 29 September 2012 9:00 am

In Scandinavia, gene therapists have invented a virus that may treat the cancer that killed multi-billionaire Steve Jobs — but…

Smart ass

Alexander Masters 15 January 2011 12:00 am

It’s the way Caroline pisses onto the concrete during the lunch break that delights her work colleagues: in a steaming, splattery arc.

Cold comfort

Alexander Masters 19 May 2010 12:00 am

A good story is made of bones.

The short life and hard times of a mathematical genius

Alexander Masters 12 March 2008 12:00 am

Alexander Masters on David Leavitt's latest novel

The language of mathematics

Alexander Masters 19 September 2007 6:15 pm

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Castrated by a grateful nation

Alexander Masters 12 July 2006 4:59 pm

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From faintly weird to fiercely eccentric

Alexander Masters 9 July 2005 12:00 am

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No ordinary Joe

Alexander Masters 21 May 2005 12:00 am

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