Recent Happenings in Persia

On the Recent Outbreak of Cholera in Persia

Happenings

The Happenings department reports on past, present, and future events of interest to the history of computing. These events include conferences, appropriate sessions from meetings, exhibits, projects, awards, publications, collections, general memorabilia, and important dates in the history of computing. Contributions to the department are encouraged and should consist of a description or repor...

Happenings at Hinchingbrooke.

As a generalisation (a form of non-evidenced proposition much liked by writers of editorials), British physicians support the National Health Service (NHS) and are wary of the ethics and implications of using private, for-profi t providers of hospital services. National news coverage of the top quality of care award to Hinchingbrooke Hospital provides much food for thought.1 Hinchingbrooke was ...

Politics, Kinship, and Ecology in Southeast Persia

The Iranian plateau is an ideal area for investigating the relationship be? tween ecological and sociological factors because of its stark aridity, on the one hand, and its historical role as a meeting place of ethnic and cultural movements on the other. The part of the plateau which forms the southeast corner of Persia is particularly interesting from this point of view. Over an area of some 2...

Happenings — from the Chair , Prof

I am pleased to say that we have had a very active and productive year in terms of both research and education here at Duke Physics. This is my first year as Chair, as many of you know, and it was a year of challenges and learning for me personally. Certainly the most interesting things I learned came from finding out what my colleagues in other subfields are doing; this broad view – from bioph...