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From earthquakes to volcanoes, glaciers to erosion, EPS 7 covers the globe. In class, Carl B. Agee, John L. Loeb associate professor of the natural sciences, discusses the age and evolution of the planet, theories of plate tectonics and the history of the Earth's surface. In labs and on a weekend trip, students learn about rock types and the ways geologists work in the field...
...seems to me that the life and accomplishments of scientist Carl Sagan deserved much more than the few inches you allotted to the news of his death [MILESTONES, Dec. 30-Jan. 6]. You have trivialized the passing of this intellectual giant, who will be greatly missed by his colleagues and admirers. Shame on you! IDA J. IPE Youngstown, Ohio...
...murders. He was not. You described the residence as a "mansion"; it was a seven-room ranch house. And finally, the burglars who committed the murders were not "found to have been high on amphetamines." Drug use was never implicated as a factor in the crime. SUSAN FRANKEL HUNTER Carl Frankel Kingston, New York...
...forefront out of some sort of pathetic attempt to exclude artists who have a gift of musicianship: Shawn Colvin, A Few Small Repairs; Sting, Mercury Falling; Keb 'Mo', Just Like You; Beatles, Anthology III; Paula Cole, This Fire; Lyle Lovett, The Road to Ensenada; and Chris Isaak, Baja Sessions. CARL WIDING, Program Director KINK-FM Portland, Oregon...
...DIED. CARL SAGAN, 62, scientist and eloquent popularizer of astronomy whose lectures, books and TV appearances brought the majesty of the universe to ordinary earthlings; of pneumonia after a two-year battle with bone-marrow disease; in Seattle. Sagan's mantra of "billions and billions" of stars from his award-winning 1980 PBS series Cosmos became both the object of parody and popular shorthand for the vastness of the universe. The show attracted a global audience of more than 500 million people in 60 countries. A prolific writer, Sagan won a Pulitzer Prize in 1978 for The Dragons of Eden...