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Category Archives: Life in general
What if (I read more books this year)?
I read many books in 2014. Some of them I read so many times that I could probably recite them word-for-word. These books typically involved a gruffalo or the offspring of a gruffalo, however. And if there was no gruffalo … Continue reading
Posted in Book reviews, Life in general
Tagged gruffalos, moles, periodic table, randall munroe, reading list, to kill a mockingbird, what if?, xkcd
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8 years
On this day eight years ago, I arrived for my first day of work at Nature Publishing Group (NPG). During my time at NPG, I have: – helped to launch two journals (Nature Nanotechnology and Nature Chemistry) – had three … Continue reading
Posted in Life in general
Tagged commute, e-mail, journal development, journals, nature chemistry, nature nanotechnology, nature publishing group, publishing, talks
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