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...Walter H. G. Lewin, professor of physics at MIT and a personal friend of Hoffman's says that Hoffman's quest for a journey into space was not an easy...
...anthropologist at the American Museum of Natural History in New York City, observes that the younger Leakey has more than his share of luck. "Louis Leakey had to crawl over hot rocky outcrops for 30 years before he found anything of importance; Richard struck gold from the start." Roger Lewin, collaborator on three of Richard's seven books, points out that his larger- than-life personality, amplified by coverage in National Geographic magazine and a 1977 TIME cover, raised the profile of paleoanthropology, helping ensure the flow of funds to its practitioners. "You can't do anything without fossils," says...
Complexity has been around for more than a decade, and its roots go back even further, but it is surging in popularity thanks largely to two popular books. They are, confusingly, Complexity, by M. Mitchell Waldrop, and Complexity, by Roger Lewin; both authors formerly wrote for the journal Science. Like James Gleick's wildly successful 1987 book Chaos, each volume attempts to convey to lay readers the basics of the science as well as the excitement it is generating among its practitioners. (Mini-review: Waldrop's book, a straightforward, detailed account, succeeds admirably; Lewin's, a chatty personal memoir, does...
...Boston Conservatory Performance Series--presents pianist Michael Lewin performing Debussy, Glazunov and Liszt. In Seully Hall, 8 The Fenway, at 8 p.m. Saturday and 3 p.m. Sunday...
...campaign. The Military Families Support Network will begin a vigil the day before in front of the White House, and the Women's Peace Group will start a fast. On Jan. 19 and 26, rallies and marches are planned for the streets of the capital. Says Massachusetts activist Tekla Lewin: "George Bush and his advisers are doing everything they can to plug their ears. This will be a way to get heard." The sound is still far from deafening -- but it does keep growing louder...