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With his new book “The Infinities,” John Banville, explores the life of a dying mathematician across two parallel universes, as seen from the perspective of the Greek gods. FM sat down with the author to talk about simpler things: “the gray north,” brandy, and a love for words which has translated into an award-winning career...
...received a Fulbright scholarship to pursue a masters in sociology at the University of São Paulo, Brazil. He made the documentary as he finished his graduate work, explaining, “Whereas the research is trying to make generalizations and conclusions, the idea of the movie in parallel is to find the singularities, differences, diversity within this group. If there was anything we wanted to show, it is how different the experience is for each person, and how the expectations shape the experience...
...Think of the [significance] of the single transistor 30 or 40 years ago,” Weitz said. “Now they make millions of transistors all together. And [microfluidics] is similarly going to let us do many, many things in parallel. Experiments can literally go a million times faster...
...upsetting but essential if you're to see Korea the Ko Un way - that is, an experience of harmonious extremes, a bracing yin and yang of Buddhas and booze, temples and taverns and, if you've scored a visa to Pyongyang, visits to both sides of the 38th parallel...
...lasso lift and fly change foot combination spin are as useful as hieroglyphics. The only one that makes sense is the death spiral, a macabre moniker that describes the move in which the male skater spins his partner by a single hand while her body is almost parallel to the ice. Slip up and yes, the results could be fatal. (See 25 Olympic athletes to watch...