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...works both ways: you can sort of picture sex and happiness together in an upward spiral.9.FM: When were you introduced to the field of positive psychology?TBS: The field of positive psychology is relatively new. I was introduced to it as a grad student at Harvard studying with Professor Philip [J.] Stone, and he is one of the pioneers in the field–or was, he passed away two years ago. He taught the first positive psychology class at Harvard and I was his TF in 2002. When I graduated, he suggested that I take over the class, which...
...explain why different forms of life have similar mitochondria, a cell organelle responsible for producing energy. “I happen to think that contemporary science is compatible with a wide range of religious beliefs, including some rather traditional ones such as belief in God,” said Philip Clayton, who was a Harvard visiting professor of science and divinity last year. “But this article is an amazing example of the wrong way to relate science and religion.” According to Clayton, the study, published online on Jan. 23, combines religion with science...
...KNOW YOU'VE portrayed a villain well if the public hates you for yourwork. Barry Morse, a critically acclaimed British actor with 3,000 TV, film and stage roles to his credit, suffered everything from heckling to pocketbook beatings for his most famous role, Lieutenant Philip Gerard in TV's '60s hit series The Fugitive. As the heartless detective who doggedly hunts Dr. Richard Kimble, unjustly accused of killing his wife, Morse said, "I was the most hated man in America, and Iloved...
There probably weren't really that many murderous hippies running around in the 1960s, but you wouldn't know it from the novels of the past decade. Ever since Merry Levov blew up a post office in Philip Roth's American Pastoral, it has been like one long, literary Altamont: Russell Banks, T.C. Boyle, Susan Choi, Christopher Sorrentino and Dana Spiotta have all written books about nut-job flower children. And here come two more: Peter Carey's His Illegal Self (Knopf; 272 pages) and Hari Kunzru's My Revolutions (Dutton; 288 pages). Didn't anybody just leave...
...interested in teaching but didn’t know whether she wanted to pursue a career in mathematics or education. She added that joining Teach for America would be “an experiment” but that she would take the experience seriously to gain training in education. Philip G. Parham ’09, one of the organizers of the event, said that the event was meant to counteract the fact that at Harvard there is “a lot of focus on law, medicine, i-banking, and consulting.” Last year, a Crimson survey...