Word: pedanticism
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When Rogers and Pottinger were de signing books that became valued for their workmanship almost more than for content, the Press was barely surviving from a financial viewpoint. The selection of books lay heavily with the arts and letters, and many of the texis were overly pedantic for even a...
After the general introductory essays, the book's description of the effects of climate ends abruptly and there begins a more pedantic probing into the causes of glaciers and methods of dating them. Here the layman will be tempted to lay Climatic Change quietly down, and return to science fiction...
Two Hands. Progressive Farmer dominates by giving farmers articles on everything from "Rhinitis in Hogs," "Bible Readings" and "Roughage for Dairy Cows" to "16 Ways to Beat the Feed Shortage" and "Poisons and Their Uses." Between pages and pages of four-color ads (beer and liquor are banned) are reader...
Slight, short Moshe Sharett is meticulous to the point of being pedantic; his Cabinet nickname is "Teacher." Recently he summoned a press conference, talked without interruption for half an hour. Finally a foreign correspondent nudged an Israeli newsman: "What's he saying?" "Oh, he hasn't begun yet...
Working in a complex field, and living in a gadget-ridden society, Schwinger stands out in bold relief. His office, almost bare of books and papers, with only a few mementos, reminds one that no physical paraphernalia stands between him and his work. He is, perhpas, driven by the excitement...