Word: nat
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...last summer, and Holton was explaining that the 50 students who would take the first year of his new gen ed physics course, Nat Sci 7, woud be hand-picked for their eagerness without regard to aptitude. "We don't want to file them all down to spheres," he said. "We want to exploit their variety...
...Nat Sci 7 tries to relate physics to the interests of its non-scientific audience. It is an experiment. As with any other experiment, Holton, who will not take over the teaching until next semester, does not like to talk about its progress. "You know, with an experiment you keep the door closed until it's over and you can come out," he smiles wryly...
...first glance, the statement seems out of character. Holton, as a physicist and Faculty member, does not usually close doors. Nat Sci 7 is in fact designed to open the door that locks science off from the rest of the world. Holton recalls telling some students about a science fiction story he enjoyed. "They were surprised to find out that a scientist is not just a person in a lab or on a platform. What is sad is that they had to find out by accident...
...will be doing some of the inducing, especially with new science courses. With Nat Sci 7 as an example, he hopes that these courses can "make science irresistible...
Last year Hammond started the game on the bench, despite the fact he'd shut out Princeton the week before. Nat Bow ditch, just back from a month on the injured list, was Coach Bruce Munro's choice to start, but the senior's rust came out in the mud and Hammond was sent in to try to stop the onslaught. Hammond instead stopped a Brown player's foot with his head and was unconscious for 30 minutes...