Word: methodic
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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There always exists an overlooked aspect to every scientist and theory, according to Gould. Edmund Halley, for example, didn't just gaze skyward. He actually suggested a possible method of measuring the Earth's age by comparing river salt levels. Though the theory is flawed. Gould praises Halley's early efforts at such an important task, as he is careful to honor each of the characters in the history of science he discusses...
...story of Ceredase starts with government-sponsored scientists who in 1965 found that Gaucher's disease resulted from the lack of an enzyme. Later another group of government scientists patented a method for harvesting that enzyme, and contracted with researchers at Tufts University to supply the enzyme in large enough quantities for research...
...Weir Mitchell was famous for his "rest" therapy, which denied the depressed individual any activity until recovery. Of course such a cure only exacerbates the disease and, after reading Gilman's The Yellow Wallpaper, Dr. Mitchell changed his method of treatment. After watching the play, you'll wonder why he didn't change it sooner...
...told here in a wholly human way, in vague and discontinuous snatches of dialogue. These qualities can make for difficult reading; the same half-imagined memories are told at various points by various people, each interrupting themselves and each other within the same sentence. This method can at first be irritating and even boring; the many plots are difficult to sort out and keep track of. But Cela's sympathetic and sometimes outrageous humor give these ramblings coherence...
...Kang Chow, a fourth-year M.D./Ph.D student at Harvard Medical School, discovered a new approach to combatting HIV-1, the most common form of the AIDS virus. Chow found he could prevent the virus from duplicating and spreading through a new technique he called "convergent combination therapy." His method uses three different drugs to render the AIDS virus incapable or reproduction. In the laboratory, Chow was able to overpower the virus...