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Wilson has mastered his science and the art of teaching it. He moves easily from the macro to the micro, from the eruption of Krakatau to the silent messages of chromosomes. He strives for clarity, but never at the expense of complexity. An explanation of how species evolve may require more attention than Homo televideous is willing to muster. Hang in. Accounts of the author's field experiences convey an excitement of discovery that many readers probably last felt as children examining insects in a patch of grass...
...Clinton--a man with a penchant for the five- or six-point plan--will have to avoid falling into the trap of micro-managing the executive branch...
...past six years only five children have dropped out. Those numbers were impressive enough to inspire the New York school districts of Yonkers and Newburgh and the Massachusetts district of Pepperell to create their own versions of Microsociety, and two weeks ago the doors of Manhattan's first Micro school opened -- just 10 blocks from the slums where Richmond grew...
...students put the lessons to work. They memorize multiplication tables not only to score well on problem sets but also so they can keep double-entry books, write checks, bill customers and complete financial audits. Says Gladys Pack, Yonkers' assistant superintendent: "We're making learning real because kids in Micro believe they're living in a real world...
...cost of developing new computer chips has propelled some formerly fierce rivals into unlikely alliances. The latest: IBM, Toshiba and Siemens will unite to create memory chips 16 times as powerful as any existing today, while Advanced Micro Devices and Fujitsu will work together on flash memory chips, which could one day replace disk drives. Suddenly a major weapon in the U.S.-Japanese trade war looks more like a plowshare than a sword...