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Sources of the Factoids and other info

Much of the information contained in the factoids is publicly available on the
Internet. Below is more information about the sources for some of the other fac-
toids, quotations, and other statistics. The numbers in brackets indicate the number
of the factoid, e.g. (2) = the second factoid or quotation.

Chapter 1

(1) In Search of the Cradle of Civilization, Georg Feuerstein, Quest Books, 2001; (2) Thomson

Reuters press release 15 May 2007; (3) Communicative characteristics of reviews of scientific
papers written by non-native users of English, M Kourilova, Comenius University, Bratislava; (4)
http://www.theguardian.com/education/2014/sep/09/italy-spain-graduates-skills-oecd-report-edu-

cation ; (5) www.insme.org/documenti/Statistic_Report_part1.pdf 6) http://www.oecd.org/docume
nt/30/0,3343,en_2649_33703_35471385_1_1_1_1,00.html
1.1 Writing for Science, R Goldbort, Yale University Press, 2006; How to Write and Publish a
Scientifi c Paper, R Day, Cambridge University Press, 2006; Handbook of Writing for the
Mathematical Sciences, N Highman, SIAM, 1998. Highman’s book is one of the best books I have

read on scientific writing. Any researcher in mathematics should seek out a copy.
1.13 Nicholas Carr, The Shallows, W. W. Norton & Company, 2010

Chapter 2

(3) Can a Knowledge of Japanese Help our EFL Teaching? John R. Yamamoto-Wilson

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