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The Baby In The Mirror
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She wove language from the plainest of threads. Before she could talk, she could spin lengths of undifferentiated sound, just by voicing an outbreath and letting the noise push out on a flow of exhaled air. By eight weeks she could shape her mouth to make a contented. Which seemed to say. I want something and I can’t quite get it from here. I’m here. I can do this. Don’t ignore me. The simplest string of words would be a tongue-twister. Or Penguin Group USA. Click to order from Barnes and Noble. Order Th...
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The Baby In The Mirror
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Extraordinary. a cross between a biography of a baby growing into a child, a scientist's case-study notes and a beautifully written novel. An informed and humane introduction to the literature of infant observation. both a triumph of informed imagination and a startling testament of love. Ambitious and highly intelligent. any parent, particularly one with a young child, will be both moved and enlightened. Truly a labour of love. a hymn to a child from a loving father. Or Penguin Group USA.
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The Baby In The Mirror
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A Thousand Days of Wonder. Was published on 2 April 2009. You can find it in good bookshops or order a copy by clicking on the link at the bottom of this page. The paperback of the UK edition was published on 6 April 2009. I will be speaking at the Royal Institution. In London on 8 March 2010. Order A Thousand Days of Wonder: A Scientist's Chronicle of His Daughter's Developing Mind. Or Penguin Group USA. Click to order from Barnes and Noble. From Amazon.co.uk.
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Essay Heaven: February 2010
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Igniting your passion for connected prose. Thursday, February 18, 2010. Image by Lizzie Wells. This question came up in a comment on an earlier post. And I thought it deserved a post to itself:. I've just realised, that, although I've been wring essays for a while, I don't actually know exactly what one, very common key word actually means. It's "discuss". What critical / analytical tools are we supposed to bring to the command 'discuss'? This is the classic 'discuss' question: it gives you something to ...
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Essay Heaven: Structuring an argument
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Igniting your passion for connected prose. Thursday, November 12, 2009. I'm going to ask you to do something rather counter-intuitive. At this stage. I suggest that the first thing you do is look back at your word limit. For the essay. Word limits are a necessary evil (we'll be talking some more about them in later posts). But they can also be a force for the positive, and here's how. You have 1500 words to write an essay on this topic. Question: how many paragraphs. What is the point of a paragraph?
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Essay Heaven: Getting your references right
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Igniting your passion for connected prose. Wednesday, December 8, 2010. Getting your references right. The people marking your essay will be expecting you to use a standard referencing style. For Durham psychology students, this means APA style. APA style is described in detail in the Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association. You will find copies of the 6th edition in the library. A very useful brief guide. Citing edited books and chapters in edited books, citing information gleaned f...
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Essay Heaven: March 2011
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Igniting your passion for connected prose. Monday, March 21, 2011. Revision: Keep it scientific! Some of you will be finding your thoughts turning to revision. In getting ready to write essays in exam conditions, you might find it useful to look back at this earlier post on the topic. Otherwise, you could do no better than to have a look at an excellent blog post by Jon Simons. Posted by Charles Fernyhough. Subscribe to: Posts (Atom). Welcome to Essay Heaven. You can use the RSS feed. The Child in Time.
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Essay Heaven: May 2010
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Igniting your passion for connected prose. Monday, May 3, 2010. Writing essays under fire. To show what I mean, I'm going to suggest that you go back to some of those earlier issues about structuring an essay. Remember that I suggested that you start by looking at your word limit and then work out a possible structure in terms of paragraphs. The same strategy can work in an exam. Planning is of course as important in an exam as it is in coursework (have a look back at these two posts. That's up to you, a...
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Essay Heaven: December 2009
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Igniting your passion for connected prose. Thursday, December 10, 2009. If all has gone according to plan, your essay should now be finished and ready to print out. Here are a few tips for maximising its impact. 1 Make it legible. Put yourselves in the position of the people who will be marking your work. Your essay will make for a much more pleasant reading experience if it is double-spaced. In a decent-sized font (such as Times 12 point). 2 Cut out the packaging. 3 Follow the guidelines. You're getting...
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