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The kindness of colleagues: Roy Porter and Nick Atkins

October 12, 2016October 13, 2016 fluff352 Comments

Kelly J. Baker has published an excellent piece on 'Cruelty and kindness in academia'. Really, you may as well just go and read it now, rather than waste time on my ramblings, but it has made me reflect on two of the kindest people in my own career. The first and most influential in my life… Continue reading The kindness of colleagues: Roy Porter and Nick Atkins →

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