Word: lensed
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In his early work, Koudelka seemed to have trouble finding a theme. But the 1968 Russian invasion of Prague immersed him in the topics of upheaval and alienation that were to characterize his later work. He took to the streets, capturing events as they unfolded, and when his shots were...
Authors set their own price at the Blurb bookstore, keep 100% of the markup (above Blurb's base price) and never have to see their books in the remainder bin. "In traditional distribution, you'd see $1 a copy," Gittins says. "A lot of Blurb authors are seeing $10 a...
...five arms of the brittle star are covered by tiny lenses that, like transition sunglasses, are able to regulate their pigmentation in order to collect the right amount of light. Joanna Aizenberg, a materials scientist who is joining the School of Engineering and Applied Sciences (SEAS) faculty in July, is devising methods to apply the principles of the underwater animal’s superior lens system to man-made optics.“It is really stealing the principle from biology,” she says.Aizenberg, a 47-year-old mother of two who emigrated from Russia in 1991, comes...
In our society of bitter caricature, evil actions are only perpetrated by evil people—Saddam Hussein, death row murderers, and George W. Bush, to name a few common targets. Pointing fingers seems like the easiest course of action whenever a problem arises. “I could never...
But it's an illusion. The Democrats just look unified because the press isn't asking the right questions. It's comparing the candidates with George W. Bush--who inhabits a different ideological universe--when it should be comparing them with another world leader, Tony Blair. Viewed through that lens...