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BEGINNING WITH Galileo and the Leaning Tower of Pisa, and Newton and his famous apple, there has been more fiction than truth in the popular conception of how scientists discover what they discover. And the conception of what motivates them to discover anything at all is equally mythical...
...hero who was carried to his destination on a frail raft pulled by swans. Unaware of the vacuum in space, the traveler had no difficulty breathing on the trip, but he did find that his weight lessened as he left the earth. That remarkable scientific insight by Godwin preceded Newton's discovery of the laws of gravity by many years...
TENNESSEE ERNIE FORD SPECIAL (NBC, 9-10 p.m.). Guests: Lucille Ball, Andy Griffith, Wayne Newton and the Golddiggers...
...scored two touchdowns and a two point conversion in the fourth quarter to win this thriller and hand Rutgers its first loss in three games. Big Red quarterback Bill Robertson ran across the two points on a quarterback sneak late in the fourth quarter. Robertson and defensive back Bob Newton, who ran an intercepted pass 30 yards for a score, will be giving Harvard trouble when Cornell visits Soldiers Field on October...
During the trial, Newton's Panthers promised violent vengeance if he were convicted. Lengthy appeals planned by Defense Attorney Charles Garry, however, helped mute their wrath. There were no demonstrations as Newton, 26, was manacled and driven 45 miles to a reception center at Vacaville for eventual transfer to another prison, possibly San Quentin...