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They were crammed onto the ballots by men who could inscribe the Gettysburg Address on the head of a pin. They were couched in legal jargon that boggled the brain. U.S. voters struggled mightily to decipher and decide upon propositions to outlaw gambling, legalize liquor, install traffic lights, enlarge cities...
In a California courtroom, an accused murderer will soon be confronted by a novel adversary. A witness for the prosecution will be an atomic scientist, armed with "radiation fingerprints," evidence that can be as accurate and reliable as a photograph of the actual crime. No ordinary cop could hope to...
Peepholes on the Unknown. When Gorky finally hit his stride, his images exploded into enormously imaginative compositions. The images came from childhood memories, from nature, the human body and from dreams. As Gorky built up his compositions, the images were transformed to keep perfect balance and harmony. It is not...
Just beyond the spark chamber, shielded by many feet of concrete and steel, curves the half-mile ring of Brookhaven's 30-bev (30 billion electron volts) synchrotron, world's largest atom smasher. If the physicists' calculations are correct, when the synchrotron goes into operation one of...
The need for, and the absence of, skilled technicians in the French army led to the founding of L'Ecole Polytechnique in Paris, where "they spent several months of every year in examinations to weed out the weak and encourage the strong," said Courant. The Germans followed suit with a...