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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Harvey Brooks, Pierce professor of technology and public policy and professor of applied physics, says any uncertainty present in scientific data will inevitably produce conflicting results based on human bias.

Author: By David S. Goodman, | Title: Science's Objectivity Under Scrutiny | 3/8/1995 | See Source »

As someone who always thought of pipe cleaners as plumbing utensils, I clearly don't spend much time at tobacco shops. I was lured into Leavitt and Pierce, a tobacco shop on Mass Ave., by its amazing marbles and tin cars. Upon close inspection the store offers more than kitsch...

Author: By Ethan Nasr, | Title: Where There's Smoke... | 3/2/1995 | See Source »

A table is also a good place from which to take in the eclectic decorations that the store has gathered since its establishment in 1883. the portraits of Levitt and Pierce, hung like altar pieces, stare back at you from the opposite wall. Replete with 19th century Harvard baseball team...

Author: By Ethan Nasr, | Title: Where There's Smoke... | 3/2/1995 | See Source »

While not part of the original structure of Leavitt and Pierce, the loft has its own history. Originally, L&P had a back-room for men to play pool and smoke cigars. However, because of the popularity of the poolroom, it was necessary to expand it to a room upstairs...

Author: By Ethan Nasr, | Title: Where There's Smoke... | 3/2/1995 | See Source »

It is, in fact, the only place to smoke a cigar in Cambridge. Leavitt and Pierce gained exemption from the city ordinance against smoking because they would so obviously be adversely affected by it. Actually, even while society has come to see smokers more and more as lepers, Leavitt and...

Author: By Ethan Nasr, | Title: Where There's Smoke... | 3/2/1995 | See Source »

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