Word: layman
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...author, who holds a doctorate in anthropology and degrees in both geological engineering and archaeology, ad vances his thesis with layman's language and expert's knowledge. Citing archaeological discoveries (both his own and those of others), he offers evidence that toolmaking men resided in the Americas more than 38,000 years ago, points out similarities between the shamanistic cul ture of the Cro-Magnons and that of the American Indians and provides convincing arguments that the prehistoric migration could just as easily have gone from the Americas as come to them. Few of Goodman's colleagues...
...sends out an exuberant message: science is not only vital for humanity's future wellbeing, but it is rousing good fun as well. Even the most scientifically untutored person can?indeed, must?grasp its essentials. As Sagan insists, "There is nothing about science that cannot be explained to the layman...
...book adds little to what a well-informed conservationist may already know. But for the layman, it paints a disturbing picture. The issues, as Simon and the Coast Alliance see them...
...panaceas-universal modern cures for the ancient pain of learning, easy ways to raise test scores and at the same time prepare the "whole child" for his role in society. Education has become a tormented field where armies of theorists clash, frequently using language that is unintelligible to the layman. Faddish theories sweep through the profession, changing standards, techniques, procedures. Often these changes dislocate students and teachers to little purpose. The New Math is an instructive example. Introduced in the early '60s without adequate tryout, and poorly understood by teachers and parents, the New Math eventually was used...
Miller's goal in all this is to educate the layman. Why should the law be mysterious? he asks. An expert in privacy law and court procedure and one of Harvard Law's most popular and entertaining lecturers, Miller slid into television after a friend, Nieman Foundation Curator James Thomson, suggested that WCVB use the professor as a guest host on Sunday Open House, one of the station's many public affairs offerings. Those appearances led to his own show. Miller's Court made its debut last fall. At first the audience was minuscule, but soon...