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...Einstein’s imagination—not his superior knowledge or intellect, according to Isaacson—that helped the physicist shine in the early 20th century in the face of his “very rebellious” nature. “He learned to marvel at what you and I would find ordinary,” Isaacson said. “This makes him the patron saint of all distracted school kids everywhere.” Isaacson cited Einstein’s creativity as the driving force behind finding success during some of his life?...
Next time you consider throwing out that beloved collection of Marvel comic books you’ve been collecting since birth, think again. Like the winners of the Philip Hofer Prize for Collecting, you too could get paid for your passion. This year’s prizes were awarded to Ph.D. student Drew M. Massey and third-year graduate student Grete T. Viddal in a ceremony at Houghton Library yesterday. The prizes are given annually to one or several individuals whose collection of books or works of art exemplify “the traditions of breadth, coherence, and imagination?...
...politics is that Australians can spot a fraud at 50 paces. "Be who you are," Rudd tells interviewers who ask about his public image or leadership style. The needle on an Aussie fake detector, however, can swing wildly if the device gets too close to a white-hot political marvel. On a recent sunny morning, Rudd is scheduled to visit a school in Prime Minister John Howard's Sydney electorate. He's running late. Two dozen reporters and photographers are gathered in an arc near the school's entrance. Rudd's car arrives, the leader emerges, and a greeting party...
...mind of Mark Fergus, seasoned screenwriter and first-time director, debuting with an upcoming film called “First Snow.”With an Oscar nomination for the screenplay of “Children of Men” and the announcement of several major writing deals, including Marvel Entertainment’s upcoming “Iron Man,” it might seem as though Fergus and writing partner Hawk Ostby are walking a predetermined path to cinematic success. But Fergus cautions against such delusions of grandeur.“The vast majority of the forces that...
Ferrell calls these improvised moments "the times when I feel like I do have some sort of skill," and his peers marvel at the ease with which he carries them off. "When he did the song at the Oscars with Jack Black and John C. Reilly," says Apatow, "he had people over at his house. He didn't even tell them where he was going. He just slipped out and said, 'Oh, I gotta go do this thing.'" "Well, that is true," says Ferrell, "but I literally live up the hill from the Kodak Theater, so it was just clocking...