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...Gingerich managed to include some 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...
...lecture in Science A-17. "The Astronomical Perspective," Professor of Astronomy and the History of Science Owen J. Gingerich spent about 40 minutes attempting to explain the principles of escape velocity. But unlike most teachers, who would present the facts and chart out the numbers on the blackboard, Ginegerich 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...
...Marsden arrived on the scene as a person interested in comets," Gingerich recalls. "At the time, there was a bright comet which caused an enormous stir, and he was on deck to help out. At that time I felt it was reasonable for him to take over." Gingerich remained on hand as an associate director...
Since the end of Gingerich's tenure as Bureau chief, it has changed considerably, he says, primarily as a result of advances in the field of astrophysics. In the 1960s, for example, the reports of comet sightings and planet locations dominated the information released, but today such information is commonly supplemented by reports of newer phenomena such as pulsars...
...Over the past 15 years, he has given an absolutely heroic devotion to this If something important surfaced at 3 a.m. he'd be up and telephoning the west coast in minutes." Gingerich says...