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...loss. Hawking takes on plenty of intimidating topics in Nutshell, including space-time geometry, quantum mechanics and the ominously titled M-theory. But he does it in a much more accessible way this time, using plenty of comprehensible analogies and no small amount of humor, often self-deprecating. Example: "Newton occupied the Lucasian chair at Cambridge that I now hold, though it wasn't electrically operated in his time...
Unlike Boston and Newton, who are also voting on the CPA today, the City of Cambridge already has a $4.5 million per year affordable housing trust fund. Because of this fund, the property tax surcharge is waived. A “yes” vote on Question 1 is an easy choice. It wins the city almost $5 million in state money at no cost to residents. Unfortunately, because of the heavy advertising against the CPA in Boston and Newton and because the wording of the act includes the tax surcharge, Cambridge residents may not realize that they have...
Critics have accused science of being “culturally biased,” arguing that our scientific “laws” would be different if, say, Einstein had been Chinese or Newton had been a woman. They argue that while an external reality might exist, the methods by which we judge it are dominated by a clique of scientists trained in the Western tradition, scientists who have taken it upon themselves to be the arbiters of “objective truth...
Barrios’ district was considered a possible sacrifice during the redistricting, after an initial plan joined two Newton districts so that incumbents would face each other in the upcoming race. Rather than run against each other, the two women joined forces to save their districts with a plan to redraw Cambridge lines...
...Newton Representative Ruth C. Balser said she already knew Barrios wouldn’t be seeking reelection—and therefore she might be able to direct her campaign toward his district...