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...convince skeptics, Brady has already begun additional computations to check the gravitational effects that Planet X would have on the known orbits of the outer planets. Still, the real test must be visual-a photograph of Planet X. At its great distance from the sun. however, Planet X would reflect only a modicum of light. Furthermore, Brady's calculations indicate that the planet is now located in the Constellation Cassiopeia, which is cluttered with so many stars that the planet would be hard to find. Nonetheless, Brady is hopeful that a sharp-eyed astronomer, scanning photographic plates, will some...
Fortunately the language of international trade is universal-or is it? Take these-consecutive sentences, suggested by the phrasebook. "Whose invention is this? When was this invention patented? This is a Soviet invention." A more forthright approach is manifested by: "Show us your devices for outer space research work. How powerful is this reactor? Show me a working diagram of the reactor...
...successive round-the-world plane trips to check the validity of Einstein's prediction (TIME, Oct. 18). Their scheme was elegantly simple. On the eastbound flight, their plane was traveling in the direction of the earth's rotation. Thus to an observer in outer space the airborne clocks would appear to be moving faster (their air speed added to the rotational velocity of the earth's surface) than a reference clock back in Washington; hence, the flying clocks would lose a little time - or, like the astronaut, "age" a little more slowly. On the westbound trip, when...
...Queen of Scots in Donizetti's Maria Stuarda-and everybody got the message. In a career distinguished by a quest for new music and new roles, Maria is one of her best finds yet. Sills shows a thoroughgoing grasp of both the personal inner core and the queenly outer charisma of her character. Emotionally it is as if Sills were living in 16th century Tudor England. Indeed, that may well be the case these days. She is in the midst of performing a trilogy by Donizetti that began last season when she sang Elizabeth I in Roberto Devereux...
...angled toward the sun at the planet's closest approach, while the southern polar area, tilted away, freezes and traps the moisture. What interests Smith, however, is the orientation of the poles in between those extremes. Then, both polar regions receive equal heating from the sun. The warmer outer portions of the caps release most of their carbon dioxide and any water into the atmosphere...