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...doctorate in physics, he showed that tunneling can also take place in superconductors, materials that lose all resistance to electrical currents when chilled close to absolute zero. In 1962 Josephson, then a 22-year-old graduate student at Cambridge, applied the mathematics of modern quantum physics to predict two significant effects that now bear his name: 1) that electrons can tunnel back and forth through an insulator separating adjacent superconductors even when there is no voltage present-an idea totally at odds with the behavior of electricity at ordinary temperature; and 2) that if a voltage is applied across layers...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Science: Awards Beyond the Lab | 11/5/1973 | See Source »

However, an impressive performance against the younger Academy team was not unexpected and so does not predict how effectively Harvard can repel the Bucknell attack. "This was just a chance for the team to get together. Practices are not that well attended any more. There will be much superior talent at the Easterns." Jonckheer said...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Polo Players Prepare for Tournament | 11/1/1973 | See Source »

...hard to predict great success for the Guru in America. To broaden his nationwide appeal, he must bring older people into his youth-dominated movement. He must also move away from the hard core of people troubled by grave personal problems who have so far staffed his movement, and this will be harder to do. However, for some people, the qualities which most enhance the Divine Light bid for a mass audience--the freedom from questioning and the uncomplicated bliss which total belief in the Guru provides--are the most repulsive and this will hurt recruiting efforts...

Author: By Lewis Clayton, | Title: Singing Along With the Guru | 10/29/1973 | See Source »

Fanelli has already clicked for four touchdowns in three games, which should substantiate the press billings that predict a Marinaro-like career for the bruising tailback. Malone has also tallied twice in the young season...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Rugged Cornell Offense to Test Crimson Eleven | 10/20/1973 | See Source »

...economy, where no central planning is involved, the model can be used to predict consequences of a change in distribution. For example, if fewer resources were allocated to military production, the model could predict which firms and what industries would suffer as a result, and by how much...

Author: By Fran R.schumer, | Title: Wassily Leontief: He Resisted Conservatism' | 10/19/1973 | See Source »

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