Word: experimental
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Webster asked Littlefield to do another errand the next day, to go over to the hospital and fetch a pint or so of blood for an experiment. This was a strange request, Littlefield thought, for the professor had never previously needed blood in his experiments. It was not the first...
To prove the theory. Researcher Calvin spelled out a delicate test: searching for free electrons in laminated chlorophyll exposed to sunlight. B. Commoner, J. J. Heise and J. Townsend of Washington University at St. Louis were the first to offer evidence that such electrons exist, but critics did not accept...
Though not nearly so talented as Gauguin, Bernard was much more articulate. Young Bernard's theories fired the older painter's imagination, prodded him to formulate his own ideas, and drove him to experiment on canvas. The two friends painted together at Pont-Aven, feverishly discussed their daily...
BEFORE World War II, abstract art was dominated by the geometrical and almost architectural paintings that grew out of cubism and culminated in Piet Mondrian's austere compositions in primary red, white and blue. But in the past decade has come a new experiment with intense, expressive forms that...
Eighteen of the nation's 25 educational TV stations became a network this week to promote their most ambitious experiment: five weekly series-in literature, geography, mathematics, government and music-created and broadcast live from Manhattan by NBC. The cost of $600,000 will be shared equally by NBC...