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...continents altogether, turning from the familiar, but distorted, Mercator projection to a Dymaxion map. The commonly used Mercator projection developed in 1568 maps the globe on a rectangular, flat surface which stretches vertical distances. Conversely, the Dymaxion map, developed by former Harvard poetry professor and visionary, R. Buckminster Fuller, projects Earth’s surface onto a polyhedron, minimizing distortion. Not only do Dymaxion maps more accurately represent geography, they also avoid placing countries in accordance with the north-is-good, south-is-bad formula implicit in the tendentious original Mercator. In fact, in 1974, Dr. Arno Peters developed...
...anyone with such a wsarm sound,” said Golson. These two pioneers began a jazz sextet—an arrangement that had not been attempted before. The Jazztet, as it was eventually called, included other big-name musicians such as pianist McCoy Tyner and trombonist Curtis Fuller. This group was yet another successful step in Golson’s remarkable career.After spending the week at Harvard, the jazz legend said that he was reminded that there’s always new music to find. “I should always keep listening because I’m always...
...have a long tradition of recycling,” said Herbert H. Fuller, the building manager of William James Hall. “Our recycling just gets better and better all the time...
...Fuller, the William James Hall building manager, helped initiate such practices as installing motion-sensored lights in bathrooms and classrooms and putting up signs to get people to think about taking the stairs instead of the elevators to save energy...
...This has been a long time coming,” Fuller said, referring to the changes made as a result of the competition...