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...lecture in Science A-17, "The Astronomical Perspective," Professor of Astronomy and the History of Science Owen J. Gingerich spent about 40 minutes at tempting to explain the principles of escape velocity. But unlike most teachers Gingerich felt he had to illustrate the topic of the day. So he concluded his lecture by zooming out of Science Center D aboard a homemade rocket...
...Gingerich managed to include a clever trick in each of his lectures--whether it was allowing each of the more than 200 students in the class to handle a chunk of plutonium or showing a film of an eclipse set to the tune of "Here Comes...
...Gingerich is one of a rare breed of professors who take the time to sculpt their courses so that they entertain as well as instruct...
Professor of Astronomy Owen J. Gingerich, a member of the disciplinary Committee on Rights and Responsibilities (CRR), said the committee will send the diplomat a letter within two weeks asking him to describe the protest, in which about 200 students blocked his exist from the Lowell House Junior Common Room after he had addressed members of the Harvard Conservative Club...
...Gingerich is one of a rare breed of professors who take the time to sculpt their courses so that they entertain as well as instruct...