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The theory was one of history's most imaginative and dramatic revisions of our concepts about the universe. It was, said Paul Dirac, the Nobel laureate pioneer of quantum mechanics, "probably the greatest scientific discovery ever made." Max Born, another giant of 20th century physics, called it "the greatest feat...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Intimate Life of A. Einstein | 7/9/2006 | See Source »

By JIM VON DER HEYDTThrough these last few years of transition at Harvard, a corrosive notion has been seeping into the groundwater: the idea that a “global university” should focus relatively less of its intellectual energy on the United States. To those who consider this...

Author: By Jim Von der heydt, | Title: A Jeremiad for an American School | 5/17/2006 | See Source »

DERBY, CONN.—If only the course had been 100 meters longer, the start a little crisper, or the first 1,000 meters more aggressive.The if-onlys abound, but they won’t do much to bring the Goldthwait Cup back to Cambridge for the fourth consecutive...

Author: By Aidan E. Tait, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Slow Start Leads To Goldthwait Loss | 4/30/2006 | See Source »

My intuition tells me that logistical challenges arising from the overwhelming distance to the Quad and to Allston would cause the deans to defend their perch in the Yard. Yet if neither is good enough for our administrators, why should either be good enough for our student groups?

Author: By Aaron D. Chadbourne | Title: It's Time to Occupy U-Hall | 4/28/2006 | See Source »

The topic of angels has always intrigued me, and not just because everyone from John Travolta to Warren Beatty has played them in movies, or that I simply can't forget when Clarence got his wings in It's a Wonderful Life. I like the idea that my nearest and...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: When Angels Save a Life | 4/13/2006 | See Source »

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