Word: goulding
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Agassiz Professor of Zoology Stephen Jay Gould discussed writing science for the public, raising issues concerning the public's scientific literacy and whether it is ethical to simplify elaborate concepts in order to make them understandable to the public...
...Gould, a world- renowned evolutionary biologist who writes monthly essays about science for the layperson in Natural History, questioned what he sees as a national aversion to scientific writing. "Why in AMerica has the notion of popular science become conflated with cheapening, adulteration, and whiz bang?" he asked...
Apart from its knuckle-breaking difficulty, the piece presents a fundamental challenge: how to handle the repeats of Bach's 30 variations without becoming tedious. Glenn Gould solved the problem by skipping most of the repeats in his landmark 39-minute studio version, recorded in 1955. Feltsman has found another way. In addition to changing the dynamics, articulation and ornamentation of the repeated passages, his 79-minute interpretation departs radically from the usual approach by shifting octaves and even reversing the voices by crossing hands on the keyboard. The result is an electrifying performance -- technically dazzling yet infused with romantic...
...popularity of peer counseling groups does not reflect any problems with professional counseling, said Nadja B. Gould, a clinical social worker at Mental Health Services who supervises four peer counseling groups...
...There is a kind of complementary relationship with Mental Health Services and peer counseling groups," says Gould, calling the peer counseling groups "more like an arm of Mental Health Services...