Brian J. Ford (born 1939 in Corsham, Wiltshire) is an English independent scientist, prolific author and popular interpreter of scientific issues for the general populace, whose scientific papers and numerous books have been published internationally. Year 1939 (MCMXXXIX) was a common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... , Corsham is a small mediæval town in northwest Wiltshire, England. ... Wiltshire (abbreviated Wilts) is a large southern English county. ... For other uses, see England (disambiguation). ...

He is also a TV celebrity and lecturer in many countries. Professor Ford is a Fellow of Cardiff University, Member of Gonville and Caius College, University of Cambridge, an Honorary member of Keynes College, University of Kent, former Fellow at the Open University and Visiting Professor at the University of Leicester. Ford was the first British President of the European Union of Science Journalists Associations (Brussels) and founding Chairman of the Science and Technology Authors Committee at the Society of Authors (London). The main building of Cardiff University Wikimedia Commons has media related to: Cardiff University Cardiff University (Welsh: Prifysgol Caerdydd) is a leading university located in the civic centre of Cardiff, Wales. ... Full name Gonville and Caius College Motto - Named after Edmund Gonville & John Caius Previous names Gonville Hall (1348), Gonville & Caius (1557) Established 1348 Sister College Brasenose College Master Neil McKendrick Location Trinity St Undergraduates 468 Graduates 291 Homepage Boatclub Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge, generally known as Caius (though pronounced... The University of Cambridge (often Cambridge University), located in Cambridge, England, is the second-oldest university in the English-speaking world and has a reputation as one of the worlds most prestigious universities. ... Affiliations University Alliance Association of Commonwealth Universities European University Association Website http://www. ... Affiliations Alliance of Non-Aligned Universities, Association of Commonwealth Universities, European Association of Distance Teaching Universities, Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools Website http://www. ... University of Leicester seen from Victoria Park - Left to right: the Department of Engineering, the Attenborough tower, the Charles Wilson building. ... The Society of Authors (UK) is a trade union for professional writers that was founded in 1884 to protect the rights of writers and fight to retain those rights (with particular attention to copyright protection and, later, the establishment of Public Lending Right). ...

Ford is a long-standing Fellow of the Linnean Society, serving as a member of their council and as their Zoological Secretary for many years and is the Society's honorary surveyor of scientific instruments. He is also a Fellow of the Institute of Biology, a former member of council and Chairman of the I.O.B. history network. Ford edited the book "The first fifty years" ISBN 0-900490-37-3 which is devoted to the history of the Institute of Biology. The Linnean Society of London is the worlds premier society for the study and dissemination about taxonomy. ... The Institute of Biology (IoB) is a professional body for biologists, primarily those working in the United Kingdom. ...

He is President of the Cambridge Society for the Application of Research (SAR) and a Fellow of Cambridge Philosophical Society and has lectured to all the above mentioned bodies. Among many awards, in 2004 he was awarded a Fellowship by the National Endowment for Science, Technology and Art, NESTA (London). The Cambridge Philosophical Society (CPS) is a scientific society at University of Cambridge. ... The National Endowment for Science Technology and the Arts was set up by Act of Parliament in 1998 to help maximise the United Kingdoms creative and innovative potential. ...

Work and Ideas

Many of Ford's scientific ideas have changed our way of looking at life. He views the cell as a sentient being with a mind of its own and looks at microorganisms, largely, as confederates instead of foes. His campaigning stance over issues like opiates in retail medicines, like his detailed criticisms of the mis-use of forensic data in courts[1], and campaign for laws to protect against misuse of dangerous germs, have resulted in new laws being passed. Ford's current research interests include e-learning [2] which has been reported in the press [3] for which he is based at the University of Leicester. University of Leicester seen from Victoria Park - Left to right: the Department of Engineering, the Attenborough tower, the Charles Wilson building. ...

Ford's other publications range from innovative microbial research [4] and elucidating newly threatening infections [5] to examining scientists' dissatisfaction with their lot.[6] Other areas of his interests are the invention of a space microscope for the European Space Agency [7], safety of the water supply [8] and the rising incidence of head lice [9] and bed bugs[10], his discovery of new phenomena in blood coagulation [11], the excretory mechanisms of plants [12] and investigations of the 'ingenuity' of living cells [13] that alter our understanding of the living cell. Ford's proposal for biohazard legislation led to supportive articles in 'Nature (journal)' and 'The Times' and has led to the introduction of world-wide controls[14]. Nature is one of the most prominent scientific journals, first published on 4 November 1869. ... The Times is a national newspaper published daily in the United Kingdom since 1788. ...

His scientific papers on the development of science are often remarkably detailed, notably an essay on scientific illustration [15] and an 18,000-word essay on scientific publishing in the eighteenth century [16]. One of his best known discoveries is the original specimens of Antony van Leeuwenhoek. They were sent to the Royal Society of London in the seventeenth century and remained there until Ford found them in 1981 [17] and submitted them to extensive microscopical examination using both old and new microscopes. Anton von Leeuwenhoek Anton van Leeuwenhoek (October 24, 1632 _ August 26, 1723) was a tradesman and scientist from Delft, in the Netherlands. ... For other uses, see Royal Society (disambiguation). ...

Ford has been active in the diplomatic and political field and travels extensively. He is in demand as a chairman and keynote speaker at conferences and also as a popular lecturer. He is also renowned as a writer contributing to The Times, the Daily Telegraph and the Evening Standard, also writing for journals including the British Medical Journal, Nature (journal), and Scientific American. Ford, who as a student had a weekly science column on the South Wales Echo, has since contributed columns for the Mensa Magazine, Boz magazine, The Listener and The Guardian. Like his research, his scientific journalism shares the common characteristic of pointed non-specialization. As he states, “All my life I have tried to act as a catalyst to cross boundaries, an agent of interdisciplinary innovation.” [18] The Times is a national newspaper published daily in the United Kingdom since 1788. ... This article deals with The Daily Telegraph in Britain, see The Daily Telegraph (Australia) for the Australian publication The Daily Telegraph is a British broadsheet newspaper founded in 1855. ... Headlines of the Evening Standard on the day of London bombing on July 7, 2005, in Waterloo Station The Evening Standard is a British tabloid newspaper published and sold in London and surrounding areas of southeast England. ... The British Medical Journal (BMJ) is a medical journal published weekly in the United Kingdom by the British Medical Association (BMA)which published its first issue in 1845. ... Nature is one of the most prominent scientific journals, first published on 4 November 1869. ... Scientific American is a popular-science magazine, published (first weekly and later monthly) since August 28, 1845, making it the oldest continuously published magazine in the United States. ... The South Wales Echo is the top-selling evening newspaper in Wales. ... There are multiple pages related to Mensa. Mensa International is an organization for persons with high IQs. ... The Listener was a weekly magazine established by the BBC under Lord Reith in January 1929. ... The Guardian is a British newspaper owned by the Guardian Media Group. ...

Television and radio programmes feature Ford, who has been a regular guest on the BBC intellectual programme "Round Britain Quiz" and has appeared on "Any Questions?". Ford presented his own well-reviewed BBC series "Science Now" and his documentary programmes "Where Are You Taking Us?" on radio which won him the BBC nomination for the pretigious Prix Italia. He also hosted the BBC series Kaleidoscope (Radio series) and was a founder-member of Start the Week on Radio Four with Esther Rantzen and Richard Baker (broadcaster). Ford's BBC phone-in programmes from the 1970s were said by the BBC, to have established the phone-in show as a core part of mainstream broadcasting. His programmes were extensively commended in major newspapers and magazines. Round Britain Quiz (or RBQ for short) is a panel game that has been broadcast on BBC Radio 4 since 1947, making it the oldest quiz still broadcast on British radio. ... Any Questions? is a topical debate radio programme in the United Kingdom. ... The Prix Italia is an Italian broadcasting award. ... Kaleidoscope was a long running BBC Radio 4 Arts programme that finished with the major schedule changes that occurred in April 1998. ... Start the Week is a discussion programme on BBC Radio 4. ... Esther Louise Rantzen CBE (born on 22 June 1940 ) (age 66)) is a British journalist and television presenter who is best known for her long stint in Thats Life! and her anti paedophile activism activities as founder of the charity ChildLine. ... Richard Baker is a British broadcaster, best known as an anchor man for the BBC news. ...

Many of his programmes involve proffering unrehearsed answers to the public on scientific topics, as on the Cliff Michelmore series "Whatever you think" (BBC) and "Science Hour" with Clive Bull ( for LBC). On television he hosted a game show "Computer Challenge"[19] and the documentary series "Food for Thought" in Britain and "Jensheits das Kanals" in Germany. His recent TV appearances include presenting "The Man Behind the da Vinci Code" and featuring in "Weird Weapons of World War II", based on his two books about WW2 (see below). Arthur Clifford (Cliff) Michelmore CBE (born 11 December 1919 in Cowes, Isle of Wight) is a British television presenter and producer. ... Clive Bull Clive Bull (born January 23, 1959) is an award-winning radio talk show host on LBC 97. ... LBC Radio (originally the London Broadcasting Company) operates two London-based radio stations, with news and talk formats. ...

In addition to scientific research and academic lectures, Ford lectures extensively to general audiences, in the form of one-man shows on current scientific issues. A long-time science newspaper and magazine columnist, Ford's books have been published in more than 100 editions in many countries. Those in English are listed below.

Trivia

Ford's first television appearances included playing boogie piano on "Donald Peers Presents", from Cardiff, Wales. Also in the show was the first appearance of Thomas Woodward, latterly known as Tom Jones. Ford was a newspaper columnist before going to Cardiff University, and has since contributed columns to "Boz" magazine, the "Mensa magazine", "the Listener" (formerly published by the BBC) and has written for "the Guardian", "The Times" and other newspapers. Born in Betws, Ammanford in 1908, Donald Peers quickly established himself as a crooner with several British dance bands in the 1930s. ... This article is about the capital city of Wales. ... This article is about the country. ... For other uses, see Tom Jones (disambiguation). ... The main building of Cardiff University Wikimedia Commons has media related to: Cardiff University Cardiff University (Welsh: Prifysgol Caerdydd) is a leading university located in the civic centre of Cardiff, Wales. ... There are multiple pages related to Mensa. Mensa International is an organization for persons with high IQs. ... The Listener was a weekly magazine established by the BBC under Lord Reith in January 1929. ... The Guardian is a British newspaper owned by the Guardian Media Group. ... The Times is a national newspaper published daily in the United Kingdom since 1788. ...

Ford is a popular guest speaker on cruise ships including the Cunard Line ship RMS Queen Elizabeth 2 and for Seabourn Cruise Line has spoken aboard the Seabourn Spirit. He is a guest of P&O on vessels such as MV Aurora and the Arcadia (cruise ship); for Fred. Olsen Cruise Lines on the Black Watch and Braemar (ship); aboard the Regatta on Oceania Cruises, and for Celebrity Cruises among many others. His presentations are dynamic and largely extemporized. The Cunard Line, formerly Cunard White Star Line, is a British cruise line, operator of ocean liners RMS Queen Elizabeth 2 (QE2) and RMS Queen Mary 2 (QM2). ... RMS Queen Elizabeth 2 (QE2) is a Cunard Line ocean liner named after the earlier Cunard liner RMS Queen Elizabeth. ... Seabourn Cruise Line is an ultra luxury cruise line. ... Tonnage: 10,000 Length: 440 feet Width: 63 feet Draft: 16. ... The Peninsular and Oriental Steam Navigation Company or P&O is a shipping line which started in 1840 after the Peninsular Steam Navigation Company won the British Admiralty contract to carry the mail overseas in 1837. ... Aurora entered service in the year 2000 and is owned and operated by P&O Cruises. ... The Arcadia is a British cruise liner, the largest in the P&O fleet. ... The Braemar at anchor Fred. ... The Braemar at anchor The Braemar (formerly Crown Dynasty, Cunard Crown Dynasty, Crown Majesty and Norwegian Dynasty) is a cruise ship, currently operating with Fred. ... Formed in 2002 by luxury cruise industry veterans Joe Watters and Frank Del Rio, Oceania Cruises is the world’s largest upscale cruise line. ... Celebrity Mercury shows the distinctive color scheme and X symbol on the funnel. ...

One characteristic manifestation of Ford's iconoclastic streak is displayed in the title of one of his books, which he intentionally gave the longest and most complex title in English-language publishing history: Nonscience and the Pseudotransmogrificationalific Egocentrified Reorientational Proclivities Inherently Intracorporated In Expertistical Cerebrointellectualised Redeploymentation with Special Reference to Quasi-Notional Fashionistic Normativity, The Indoctrinationalistic Methodological Modalities and Scalar Socio-Economic Promulgationary Improvementalisationalism Predelineated Positotaxically Toward Individualistified Mass-Acceptance Gratificationalistic Securipermanentalisationary Professionism, or How To Rule The World, London: Wolfe Publishing (ISBN 0-7234-0449-6). The point of the sesquipedalian title was to poke fun at those who conceal their lack of real expertise by using long and complicated words, whilst making the serious point that more people are fooled by these so-called experts than really should be. The book is commonly referred to simply as Nonscience, which is itself a play on nonsense. There are endless debates over what is the longest word in the English language, demonstrating that the idea of what constitutes a word is not as straightforward as it seems. ... Nonscience and the Pseudotransmogrificationalific Egocentrified Reorientational Proclivities Inherently Intracorporated In Expertistical Cerebrointellectualised Redeploymentation with Special Reference to Quasi-Notional Fashionistic Normativity, The Indoctrinationalistic Methodological Modalities and Scalar Socio-Economic Promulgationary Improvementalisationalism Predelineated Positotaxically Toward Individualistified Mass-Acceptance Gratificationalistic Securipermanentalisationary Professionism, or How To Rule The World is a book by...

Also worthy of note is that Ford has also been a rock & roll keyboards player. He played with guitarist Dave Edmunds and has occasionally performed in recent years. Ford has been active in the diplomatic and political world and is a trained marksman. He can pilot aeroplanes, ski and scuba-dive. He is also an award-winning photographer. Dave Edmunds (born April 15, 1944) is a singer, guitarist and producer from Cardiff, Wales. ...

He joined Mensa more than 30 years ago and became a member of the British Mensa Committee from 1993-1996. Mensa is the largest, oldest, and best-known high-IQ society in the world. ...

Books written by Brian J. Ford

• German secret weapons, blueprint for Mars, ISBN 0-345-24989-5. USA, Ballantine Books, 1977.

• ––––– ISBN 0-356-03034-2. UK, Macdonald, 1970.

• Allied Secret Weapons: the War of Science; Weapons Book #19, ISBN 0-345-02097-9 . USA Ballantine Books, 1970.

• ––––– ISBN 0-356-03746-0, UK, Macdonald, 1970.

• Microbiology and food, ISBN 0-9501665-0-2 (hardback), UK, Catering Times, 1971.

• ––––– ISBN 0-9501665-1-0 (paperback). UK, Northwood, 1970.

• German secret weapons, blueprint for Mars, ISBN 0-356-03034-2. Australia, South Africa, & New Zealand, Macdonald.

• Allied Secret Weapons, ISBN 0-356-03746-0. Australia, South Africa and New Zealand, Macdonald, 1971.

• Nonscience . . . or how to rule the world, ISBN 0-7234-0449-6. UK, Wolfe, 1971.

• New edition: German secret weapons, blueprint for Mars, ISBN 0-345-09758-0. USA, Ballantine Books, 1972.

• ––––– ISBN 0-345-09758-0, UK, Pan Books, 1972.

• New edition: Allied secret weapons, the war of science, ISBN 0-345-09758-1. UK, Pan Books, 1972.

• The optical microscope manual, past and present uses and techniques, ISBN 0-7153-5862-6. UK, David & Charles, 1973.

• ––––– ISBN 0-8448-0157-7. USA, Crane Russak, 1973.

• ––––– ISBN 0-589-00874-X. Australia, Reed Educational, 1973.

• The earth watchers, ISBN 0-856-32020-X. UK, Leslie Frewin, 1973.
• The revealing lens, mankind and the microscope, ISBN 0-245-51016-8. UK, George Harrap, 1973.

• Microbe power, tomorrow's revolution, ISBN 0-356-08384-5. UK, Macdonald and Jane's, 1976.

• ––––– ISBN 0-8128-1936-5. USA, Stein and Day, 1976.

• ––––– ISBN 0-345-25892-4. USA, Ballantine Books, 1977.

• Microbe power, tomorrow's revolution, ISBN 0-8128-6006-3. USA, Scarborough Books, 1978.

• Patterns of sex, the mating urge and our sexual future, ISBN 0-354-04375-7. UK, Macdonald and Janes, 1979.

• ––––– ISBN 0-312-59811-4. USA, St Martin's Press, 1980.

• The Cult of the expert (hardback) ISBN 0-241-10476-9, (paperback) 0552122491. UK, Transworld, 1982.

• 101 questions about science, ISBN 0-241-10992-2. UK, Hamish Hamilton, 1983.

• 101 more questions about science, ISBN 0-241-11246-X. UK, Hamish Hamilton, 1984.

• Single lens, the story of the simple microscope, ISBN 0-434-26844-5. UK, William Heinemann, 1985.

• ––––– ISBN 0-06-015366-0. USA, Harper & Row, 1985.

• Compute, how, where, why ... do you really need to? ISBN 0-241-11490-X. UK, Hamish Hamilton, 1985.

• The food book, ISBN 0-241-11834-4. UK, Hamish Hamilton, 1986.

• Lensman microscope project manual. UK, Science of Cambridge, 1989.

• The human body, ISBN 1-85561-013-2. UK, Belitha Books, 1990.

• ––––– ISBN 1-85561-040-X. USA, Belitha, 1990.

• The Leeuwenhoek legacy, ISBN 0-948737-10-7. UK, Biopress, 1991.

• ––––– ISBN 1-85083-016-9. UK, Farrand Press, 1991.

• Images of science, a history of scientific illustration, ISBN 0-7123-0267-0. UK, British Library, 1992.

• ––––– ISBN 0-19-520983-4. USA, Oxford University Press, 1993.

• Microbe power, tomorrow's revolution. USA, Madison Books, 1992.

• My first encyclopedia of science, ISBN 0-86272-944-0. UK, Kingfisher Books, 1993.

• The new Guinness book of records quiz book, ISBN 0-85112-635-9. UK, Guinness Publishing, 1994.

• Microbe power, tomorrow's revolution, ISBN 0-8128-6006-3. USA, Scarborough Books, 1994

• BSE the facts, ISBN 0-552-14530-0. UK, Transworld, 1996.

• Genes, the fight for life, ISBN 0-304-35019-2. UK, Cassells, 1999.

• ––––– ISBN 0-304-35019-2. USA, Sterling Publications, 1999.

• Sensitive souls, senses and communication in plants, animals and microbes, ISBN 0-316-63956-7. UK, Little, Brown, 1999.

• The Future of food, ISBN 0-500-28075-4. UK, Thames & Hudson, 2000.

• ––––– ISBN 0-500-28075-4. USA and Canada, Thames & Hudson, 2000.

• Secret language of life, how animals and plants feel and communicate, ISBN 0-88064-254-8. USA, Fromm International, 2000.

• Using the digital microscope, ISBN 0-9543595-0-X. UK, Rothay House, 2002.

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Books as co-author

• The recovery, removal, and reconstruction of human skeletal remains, some new techniques, chapter in Field manual for museums. Paris, UNESCO, 1970.

• Récuperation, enlèvement et reconstitution des ossements, chapter in Musées et recherches sur le terrain. Paris, UNESCO, 1970.

• Brian J Ford explains why he considers Cardiff the most unappreciated city in the world, chapter in The Cardiff book, ISBN 0-900807-05-9. Barry: Stewart Williams Publishers, 1973.

• Discharge to the environment of viruses in wastewater, sludges and aerosols, chapter with JS Slade in Viral pollution of the environment, ed: G Berg, ISBN 0-8493-6245-8. Boca Raton, CRC Press, 1983.

• Sexually transmitted diseases, chapter in Sex and Your health ed J Bevan, ISBN 0-85533-571-8. London, Mitchell Beazley, 1985.

• Las Enfermedades de Transmisión Sexual y Otras que las Imitan, chapter in El Sexo y la Salud ed J Bevan, ISBN 84-320-4570-5. Barcelona, Editorial Planeta, 1985.

• Exploring South Wales, chapter in Walking in Britain, ed J. Hillaby, ISBN 0-00-412272-0. London: William Collins, 1988.

• Anecdote about Charles Bennett (screenwriter), with others including Edwina Currie, David Frost, Neil Kinnock, Jeffrey Archer and Humphrey Lyttelton, in Yours Truly - true life stories from the good and the great, ed A Frank. St. Peter Port, The Guernsey press, 1990.

• Sexually transmissible diseases and their mimics, chapter in Sex and Your health, ed J Bevan. London, Mandarin Books, 1990.

• Robert Hooke, an introduction to Hooke's Micrographia, commentary on CD-ROM edition of Micrographia, 1665 ISBN 1-891788-02-7. Palo Alto, Octavo, 1998.

• Witnessing the birth of the microscope, photoessay in Millennium yearbook of science and the future, ISBN 0-85229-703-3. Chicago, Encyclopædia Britannica, 2000.

• Eighteenth-century scientific publishing, chapter in Scientific books, libraries and collectors, ISBN 1-85928-233-4. London, Thornton & Tully, 2000.

• Scientific Illustration, chapter in vol 4 of The Cambridge history of science, ed R Porter ISBN 0-521-57243-6. Cambridge, Cambridge University Press, 2001.

• Hidden secrets in the Royal Society archive, chapter 3 in Biological collections and biodiversity, eds BS Rushton, P Hackney and CR Tyrie, ISBN 1-84103-005-8. Otley, Westbury Academic and Scientific Publishing, 2001.

• Trouble on the hoof, disease outbreaks in Europe, chapter in 2002 book of the year, ISBN 0-85229-812-9. Chicago, Encyclopaedia Britannica, 2002.

• Human behaviour and the changing pattern of disease, chapter in The changing face of disease, implications for society, ISBN 0-415-32280-4. London and Boca Raton, CRC Press, 2004.

• What Next After SARS? (Severe acute respiratory syndrome), chapter in 2004 book of the year, ISBN 0-85229-812-9. Chicago, Encyclopaedia Britannica, 2004.

• Bird flu, the next pandemic?, chapter in 2006 book of the year, ISBN 1-59339-291-5. Chicago, Encyclopaedia Britannica, 2006.

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Books of which Ford is editor

• Science Diary, annually 1967-1974. London, Charles Letts.

• The Institute of Biology, the first fifty years (hardback) ISBN 0-900490-37-3. London, Institute of Biology, 2000.

• ------ (paperback) ISBN 0-900490-38-1. London, Institute of Biology, 2000.

• GM crops, the scientists speak, by Sir Sam Edwards (physicist), Professor Malcolm Grant, Mr Colin Merritt, Sir John Marsh, Professor Joe N Perry, Professor Mike Gasson, Sir Brian Heap (hardback) ISBN 0-9543595-2-6. Cambridge, Rothay House, 2003.

• ------ (paperback) ISBN 0-9543595-3-4. Cambridge, Rothay House, 2003.

• The second mouse gets the cheese, proverbs and their uses by Sir Colin Spedding (hardback) ISBN 0-9543595-4-2. Cambridge, Rothay House, 2005.

• ------ (paperback) ISBN 0-9543595-5-0. Cambridge, Rothay House, 2005.

• A history of the The King's School, Peterborough by WD Larrett, ISBN 0-9543595-6-9. Cambridge, Rothay House, 2005.

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Other authors' reminiscences, etc., on Ford

• Stewart Williams, on Ford as club pianist, illustrated by photograph by John Couch. ^[1] Reported in "Days and nights of hot jazz in Cardiff", South Wales Echo, November 11, 1977.

• Kenneth Williams quotes Ford in Back Drops. ^[2]

• Germaine Greer quotes Ford from his book Patterns of Sex. ^[3] Reported in "Better no sex than bad sex", The Sunday Times (UK) Review, p 33, January 13, 1984.

• Victor Serebriakoff describes Ford as "brilliant autodidact". ^[4]

• Brian Aldiss describes Ford lecturing in Bury my heart at WH Smith's. ^[5]

• David Parry-Jones refers to Ford on television, with photograph, in Action Replay. ^[6]

• Professor Philippe Boutibonnes describes Ford's work on the Leeuwenhoek microscopes. ^[7]

• Sir Colin Spedding discusses Ford on innovation. ^[8]

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References

1. ^ Stewart Williams (1977). The Cardiff Book. Cardiff: Stewart Williams Publishers, pp 69-71. ISBN 0-900807-05-9. 
2. ^ Kenneth Williams (1983). Back Drops. London: Dent, p 8. ISBN 0-460-04583-0. 
3. ^ Germaine Greer (1984). Sex and Destiny. London: Secker & Warburg, p 107. ISBN 0-436-18801-5. 
4. ^ Victor Serebriakoff (1985). Mensa: the society for the highly intelligent. London: Constable, p 255. ISBN 0-8128-3091-1. 
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