Word: fluid
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Although Stone's research has focused on fluid mechanics, or the study of how various particles move, undergraduates know Stone best as the instructor of Applied Mathematics 105b: "Topics in Applied Mathematics...
...Tool Kit The animals that aerated the Precambrian oceans could have resembled the wormlike something that left its meandering marks on the rock Erwin lugged back from Namibia. More advanced than a flatworm, which was not rigid enough to burrow through sand, this creature would have had a sturdy, fluid-filled body cavity. It would have had musculature capable of strong contractions. It probably had a heart, a well-defined head with an eye for sensing light and, last but not least, a gastrointestinal tract with an opening at each end. What kind of genetic machinery, Erwin wondered, did nature...
Born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, Wild was sight-reading by age six, his fluid technique already a source of wonder. As a teenage student of the formidable Egon Petri (a tough, intellectual pianist renowned for his sturdy Liszt and penetrating Beethoven performances), Wild was already a concert-hall veteran, a kind of young American version of Vladimir Horowitz. In 1942, the legendary Arturo Toscanini invited him to play Gershwin's Rhapsody in Blue with the NBC Symphony. Wild remains the only American soloist ever to play under the fiery Italian maestro...
ONSTAGE, KEITH JARRETT belies his cerebral, prickly reputation. Swept up in the trancelike flow of his jazz improvisations, he levitates from the piano stool like Jerry Lee Lewis, head thrust back and howling with pleasure. Beneath his fluid fingers, the keyboard ripples spontaneously, spinning out an endless series of riffs and variations, while his lyrical bassist, Gary Peacock, and elegant drummer, Jack DeJohnette, match him move for move. Heads nod approvingly as the melody is handed off from instrument to instrument, three men doing what they love best: making music with hand and heart...
Suddenly, the two have a tangible relationship, and Cardboard Man becomes endearing as he sings to his wife and wins her back. Mark succeeds in conveying her own emotions without dialogue: her movements are as expressive as they are fluid...