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...hoped they might find an underlying principle that would explain why the planets orbit at the precise distances they do. But now we know the orbits are the result of pure chance. The elliptical shapes of planetary orbits, on the other hand, led to the truly profound discovery of Newton's laws of gravity. "My own feeling," says Brian Greene, a superstring theorist at Columbia University and author of the best-selling The Fabric of the Cosmos, "is that we can give a deeper explanation of why this universe, with its particular properties, came...
...Harvard Coop on Wednesday, in front of a packed audience. “It gets more and more nervewracking every time I read, because I know more people” he said, noting the presence of many of his family members in the audience from his native Newton...
Josh M. Brener ’07 is hilarious as the completely over-the-top Sir Isaac Newton: Brener conjures a preposterous manner and has a knack for physical hijinks that make him a sure-fire crowd pleaser and great fun to watch. Mike B. Hoagland ’07 is a subtle presence as Einstein, giving the character a nuanced believability not at odds with the regular and well-turned delivery of funny lines. Mary E. Birnbaum ’07 displays an excellent comedic timing and projects an overall enthralling presence as the deranged, megalomaniacal Fraulein Doktor...
...Radcliffe Dramatic Club takes on nuclear physics this fall with student director Mike Donohue’s production this Cold War comedy by Friedrich Dürrenmatt’s. During a stay at a mental hospital three men who claim to be (and may in fact be) physicists Newton, Einstein, and Mobius, become involved in a web of murder, madness and feigned identity. Not to mention international espionage. Tickets $12, $8 for students available at the Harvard Box Office. Friday and Saturday at 8 p.m., Thursday and Sunday at 7:30 p.m. and Saturday at 2 p.m. Loeb Main...
...Matt is unselfish to a fault,” adds Joe Killilea, the basketball coach at Newton South, Stehle’s alma mater...