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...unfolding plot becomes more and more complex. Godley’s mathematical work deals with parallel universes—and it turns out that the entire book takes place in one. Sweden, we learn, is always on the warpath; Godley’s own fame comes from his success in cold fusion, a process which only works in his world. One begins to wonder at the potential truth of the grandiose statements that Adam turns over while lying in a coma. “My equations spanned a multitude of universes yet they posited a single world of unity...
...coma, develop with nuance, the women of the book come across one-sided. Petra, Adam’s melancholy daughter, spends much of the book defined by her stone-like name; her mother rarely acts unless to pour herself a drink. This may be a reflection of the confined place of women within the Godley household. Women, it seems, didn’t have much place in Adam’s math-filled mind. “One I drove to drown herself, the other I drove to drink,” Adam recalls of his wives. But even...
During the speech, Levitt, who was awarded the 2004 John Bates Clark Medal as one of the most influential economists under the age of 40, cheekily thanked the institutional barriers in place to prevent students from failing out of college, and claimed his acceptance to MIT was a “complete and utter mistake...
...boat proved to be a good strategic move, as both the A and B lineups posted better finishes on Sunday than they had the day before. Switching with Bock to captain Alan Palmer’s A Boat was junior Meghan Wareham, helping the boat come in sixth place. The A boat took two third-place finishes on Saturday but landed outside the top ten for the majority of the day’s races. The following day Palmer and Wareham made the top ten in nearly every race, and notched one first-place and five top-five finishes. Rounding...
Among the tough competition, Harvard’s sailors were able to prove their own mettle. Junior John Stokes was the most successful skipper of the weekend, leading the B boat to a second place finish. Stokes’s boat excelled out of a field of twenty, as it snatched two first-place and four top-four finishes on Sunday while racing with Bock...