Word: reductionism
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When he returned to the U.S. in 1968 to begin graduate work at Yale, Puryear discovered minimalism. Donald Judd's boxes, Carl Andre's metal plates on the floor--there was a whole new world of militant reduction in art, of fiercely simplified forms, preferably in factory-milled materials. Meanwhile...
Even if doctors become more aware of chronic stress as a precursor of heart trouble, the question of what to do about it has yet to be answered. While there are plenty of stress-reduction techniques - meditation and exercise are two common remedies - there has been little scientific evaluation of...
In September, officials from over 150 countries met at a U.N. conference on climate change and the international response to global warming. Many saw this conference as testing ground for ideas likely to be presented in a separate December conference in Bali, which will address what legislation should supplant the...
The U.S. is largely responsible for the state of the world’s environment. Global warming is caused by the greenhouse effect, or the retention of “greenhouse gases,” like carbon dioxide, nitrous oxide, and methane, within the atmosphere. In 1990, the year that...
That last week’s Nobel Peace Prize went to the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change and Al Gore ’69 emphasizes that a cooperative response to global warming is a priority worldwide. The U.S. must recognize this and practice the environmentalism that it preaches. When the...