Word: larger
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...widely reported that only twelve persons in all the world understood Albert Einstein's Theory of Relativity. Today the cosmic conclusions make sense to a somewhat larger audience, but the world at large still has no better understanding of Einstein or his towering contributions to science. Last week Einstein came down from outer space with a new theory which was easy enough to understand but difficult for many U.S. citizens to accept...
...next 70 years, says Chemist Jacob Rosin in a new book, The Road to Abundance (McGraw-Hill; $3.50). But Rosin, who is director of research for the Montrose Chemical Co. of Newark, is equally sure that a "chemistic society" can provide food and other necessities for an even larger population. In collaboration with Max Eastman, he tells how he thinks it can be done...
...into the Reich Labor Service. He chopped trees in Pomerania, he played in Labor Service bands, he served in the army, and finally returned to the Jesuits. After Germany's defeat, he preached to refugees from the Eastern zone and former soldiers. But he yearned for a larger challenge. In 1949, in a circus tent in Essen, he began a "crusade for ethical revival...
Cockpit Listener. North American Aviation, Inc. has developed a tape recorder no larger than a portable typewriter, which can log the conversation of a plane's crew for ten hours, and at the same time keep a running record of pressure, altitude, vertical acceleration, air speed, direction (taken from the plane's instruments), and communications from the ground. Called the Nadar, it is fire-and crashproof...
Power. On foreign matters or the larger domestic issues, Springer's papers usually reflect the government line, though his policy is "not to print politics, but to print about politics." To charges that he has been lenient toward Germany's neo-Nazis, Springer answers: "The best policy toward those people is not to talk or write about them at all." To those worried about his power, Springer says: "I hate the word 'power.' I once fired an editor who called attention to the 'power' I now had in my hands." Nevertheless, he intends...