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Loaded Worms. Early elm-saving sprays used DDT, and as Marine Biologist Rachel Carson recounted with telling effect in her bestseller, Silent Spring, the insecticide got into the soil and was absorbed by earthworms. When robins ate the worms, they died in large numbers. Quickly the notion spread through suburban folklore that any kind of spraying is deadly to all birds, even to squirrels, raccoons and other appealing mammals. Organized resistance to spraying began to appear. In Downers Grove, near Chicago, bird enthusiasts ran a loud campaign. They talked about "birdkill" and hinted that insecticides cause cancer in humans. They...
...importance even here of decision and commitment becomes obvious when the two previous questions are put into the following forms Ought I to study mathematics? Which mathematical model ought to apply to this problem? James viewed logic and mathematics from the perspective of the evolutionary biologist. What purpose do they have How are they used...
...March 1865, James interrupted his studies to embark on a field trip to Brazil. Louis Agassiz, the great biologist, led the expedition, and for one full year the troupe investigated the fauna and flora of South America. A mild case of smallpox made the initial months unpleasant, though it left James with no facial pock-marks. By October his health and spirits had improved considerably. Despite the ill-concealed homesickness of many of his ship-board letters, James seldom regretted the journey in late life...
Catholic Conant. B.C.'s drive stems from its 22nd president, Father Michael Walsh, 51, a no-nonsense biologist sometimes called "the James Conant of Catholic education." Walsh has run B.C. since 1958 with the aim of proving that a Catholic college can produce impressive numbers of Catholic intellectuals. To get better students for its all-male liberal arts school, B.C. is scouring the nation's blue-chip Catholic high schools for bright kids. The payoff is an honors program of students with average college board scores in verbal and math aptitude of 707 and 712. This year...
...sciences, Clarke, who is Marine Biologist at the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, is studying the processes and activities of marine life, especially plankton. Levine, a geneticist, is the author of Genetics, a widely-used college text...