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Three stories explore the chasm that exists between our true selves and those we present to the world.

'Stilled' - At the height of her career, a painfully shy ballerina expresses herself exclusively through the choreographed movements of her characters. But when an unusual encounter compels her to look inward, she begins to wonder who she is after the curtain falls.

'Mary' - How well do we know the people closest to us? A meeting between old friends reveals how imagination fuels our perceptions of reality.

'Unnoticed Wonder' - A dream causes the dreamer to ponder identity from an unusual angle..
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Benjamin Franklin was the first to report the phenomenon of oil's power to still troubled waters and to speculate on why it happened A century later Lord Rayleigh performed an identical experiment. Irving Langmuir did it with minor variations in 1917, and won a Nobel Prize for it. Then Langmuir's work was followed by a Dutch pediatrician's in 1925. p Each experimenter saw a little more in the result than his predecessor had seen, and the sciences of physics, chemistry and biology have all been illuminated by the work. p Charles Tanford reflects on the evolving nature of science and of individual scientists. Recounting innovations in each trial, he follows the classic experiment from Franklin's drawing room to our present-day institutionalized scientific establishments and speculates on the ensuing changes in our approach to scientific inquiry..
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This beautifully illustrated anthology contains an extraordinary selection of verse by women through the ages. A record of the courage, compassion, fortitude and humour of women in all cultures and circumstances, this volume celebrates the eternal role of poetry as a lexicon of emotion, bringing the feelings and perception of the long-dead alive. Transcending barriers of race, dialect and time Thousand Years of Women's Poetry is a moving collection of timeless sentiments drawn from all parts of the world. Illustrated with a rich range of artworks, this is an essential book for all who have been touched by the universal language of poetry..
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