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...being published by Princeton University Press in the 10th volume produced by the Einstein Papers Project at Caltech, and they are a revelation. "Einstein's private correspondence refutes the simplistic view of him as an isolated, remote man who immersed himself in his work at the expense of human contact," says general editor Diana Kormos Buchwald. That is nowhere more true than in the tense months between April and December 1915, when his family life was unraveling and he was racing--under brutal competitive pressure--to complete his general theory of relativity...
...Wouldn't this be a good time to make contact and try to exert some leverage...
...communities. Yet the term homegrown can be dangerously misleading. This much we know: that Mohammed Sidique Khan, the alleged leader of the London bombers, and Shehzad Tanweer, one of his accomplices, had visited Pakistan, where it is believed they met with extremist groups. Khan may also have been in contact with jihadist extremists in the U.S. The al-Qaeda network [an error occurred while processing this directive] of networks is a transnational phenomenon, facilitated by the Internet, easy international travel and relaxed border controls, and held together by shared ideology. Its flexibility and lack of formal structure have enabled...
...flight interview with NASA, Wilson, a Boston-bred native, said that she has harbored aeronautic ambitions since the age of 13. A high school assignment later brought her in contact with local astronomer and former Harvard lecturer Jay M. Pasachoff ’63, and her interest in space skyrocketed from there...
...anyone with the slightest contact with our alma mater, “The History Boys” becomes much more than a 2004 London West End hit transplanted onto Broadway. In the context of the Thatcherite eighties, the play focuses around eight students from a north English grammar school seeking admission to the world’s most exclusive and competitive educational institutions. Pressured from the school administration and attracted primarily by the behemoth of reputation, they linger at school beyond their final examinations for extra classes in preparation for admission interviews and papers...