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...expert in nuclear fission who taught at Princeton and the University of Texas and authored five books, physicist John Wheeler--who coined the term black hole--was involved in many of the major scientific breakthroughs of the 20th century. As a member of the Manhattan Project, he collaborated with Albert Einstein and others to create the atom bomb. Unlike some colleagues who agonized over the weapon's awful power, he regretted only that it hadn't been used sooner. He often recalled a letter from his brother, who was later killed in World War II, that read simply, "Hurry...
...exotic” vacations, including journeys to Morocco, the Middle East, and the country that gives the café its namesake. But one aspect of the coffee house is uniquely Algerian: its prices are as absurd as the fiction of the land’s most famous novelist, Albert Camus. It’s highly unlikely that a $3.50 croissant even exists in France, let alone in a former colony, and paying $9.95 for a ham sandwich is as ridiculous as shooting a stranger on the beach for no reason at all. Even so, we’ll always...
Many great minds - Democritus, Isaac Newton, James Clerk Maxwell, Albert Einstein - took giant steps toward bringing the universe's lost unity out of hiding. In 1964, Peter Higgs, a shy scientist in Edinburgh, added his name to that list by coming up with an ingenious theory that gave scientists the tools to explain how two classes of particles, which now appear to be different, were once one and the same. His theory proposes the existence of a single particle responsible for imparting mass to all things - a speck so precious it has come to be known as the "God particle...
...program. While some members were enthusiastic about the potential impact of the program, others were reserved about the consequences of implementing it in Cambridge. “What’s unique about our district is that it has just one high school,” said Committee Member Albert B. Fantini. “Other cities can experiment with one of their many high schools.” Other individuals present, such as Cambridge Public Schools Superintendent Thomas D. Fowler-Finn, called into question the IB’s track record. He cited a public school in Berkeley, Calif...
...Literature concentrators submitted their work on Feb. 29, for many thesis writers today represents the final sprint before the official beginning of “senior spring.” When theses are finally finished, students said they are anxious to rid themselves of all reminders of their struggles. Albert D. Genna, a library assistant in the stacks division in Widener Library, said that some students bring in as many as 300 books at a time. “They come in shifts,” he said. “People will come in and you can always tell...