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However, a patient history buff with solid backing in South Asia should find “A Hundred Horizons” to be a rewarding read...
...full pompous effect that you’re going for. Not only will you be able to kick it with your lab partner while you two calculate relativistic momentum, spend long enough in the Hist A core and you may find yourself feigning the role of a humanities buff without realizing it. It helps to think of the tedious reading as a slightly more intellectual Harry Potter book you read as background so that you won’t be awkwardly left out of conversations on whether or not Professor Snipe is really on Harry Potter’s side...
...hours, as two labs a week—limited to 6 students—outside of class are required, and six lab reports make up the bulk of your grade (the lowest two are dropped). Weekly quizzes involve quantitative reasoning, but not being a science buff won’t hurt too much—prior knowledge of physics or astronomy is not required.Science A isn’t a thrill a minute, but if you make a modest effort you might get something out of it beyond a fulfilled requirement and a decent grade.At the least, you?...
...Google Map "mashup" overlaid with gallery locations, making it easy for visitors to plot an afternoon's art hopping. Users can also bookmark their favorite shows and venues, and request e-mail reminders of exhibitions. These user-friendly enhancements are born of Baron's own experience as a gallery buff. "We are our best users," he says. "We don't pretend to know anything about art. We just enjoy going to shows." Baron extends his beat to the Kansai region later this year, with an edition of the site dedicated to art happenings in Osaka, Kobe and other major centers...
...Google Map mashup overlaid with gallery locations, making it easy for visitors to plot an afternoon's art hopping. Users can also bookmark their favorite shows and venues, and request e-mail reminders of exhibitions. These user-friendly enhancements are born of Baron's own experience as a gallery buff. "We are our best users," he says. "We don't pretend to know anything about art. We just enjoy going to shows." Baron extends his beat to the Kansai region later this year, with an edition of the site dedicated to art happenings in Osaka, Kobe and other major centers...