Word: maps
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...editors become convinced that they can somehow unravel the Templars' scheme if they put a secret map under Foucault's pendulum, a device invented by the 19th century physicist Jean-Bernard-Leon Foucault to measure the earth's rotation. The pendulum, which still stands in Paris today, will supposedly indicate a site at which the earth's vital currents can be controlled, earthquakes can be created...
...also said such a survey would provide a good basis for future research. "It is more important to find all the species than to map the human genome," said Wilson...
...through the calendar, museums in the U.S. and abroad will be mounting shows that will attempt to map the many lines drawn by what Talbot boasted was "the pencil of nature." The first, and one of the most ambitious, is at the Museum of Fine Arts in Houston until April 30 (stops in Canberra, Australia, and London follow). Curated chiefly by the collector Daniel Wolfe, "The Art of Photography: 1839-1989" is a thorough but not a definitive history -- one version of the story, splendidly but narrowly focused upon questions of style through the work of just 85 major figures...
This year's Beanpot has changed all that. This writer has researched the results of every 'Pot game played. He has studied the architectural structure of the Garden. He has consulted the stars, observed the flight patterns of wild geese and memorized the subway map of Boston...
Cover: Photograph by Ulf Skogsbergh, Map by Frances Jetter