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Along with his Caltech colleague Maartin Schmidt, Greenstein made significant strides in understanding quasars, the most distant stellar formations visible from the Earth...

Author: By Rebecca D. O’brien, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Harvard-Taught Astronomy Pioneer Dies at Age 93 | 10/29/2002 | See Source »

...Germany, Van Gogh and Matisse inspired so-called Expressionism, and the Merzbacher collection has 40 examples from the two groups of artists that pioneered the movement. The first, based in Dresden, called itself Die Brücke (The Bridge). The paintings of Erich Heckel, Ernst-Ludwig Kirchner and Karl Schmidt-Rottluf look like a clash of Van Gogh meeting Nietzsche: fierce color contrasts are used to depict a passionate intensity. In Heckel's Red Roofs (1909), the evening scarlet of the tiles spreads out across the flaming sky, where flicks of royal blue dance recklessly. A house and garden have...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Prime Colors | 9/15/2002 | See Source »

...dotcom companies wrote down their assets, went bankrupt or held fire sales, their VC backers found themselves with little to return to their own investors. As many as 80% of Europe's incubators and independent early-stage venture firms are expected to disappear by next year. Jean-Bernard Schmidt, founder of Paris' Sofinnova venture capital firm and chairman-elect of the European Venture Capital Association, points out that since the venture market in Europe is far less mature than in the U.S., the Continent has a far greater share of these young funds in trouble. Meanwhile, captive funds - those that...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Salvage Crew | 9/9/2002 | See Source »

...find that, all of a sudden, I am a member of a class-CEOS-that is held in lower repute than priests." ED SCHMIDT JR., chief executive of the Internet search engine Google Inc., on the declining status of business leaders...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Person of the Week | 7/22/2002 | See Source »

HIGHLIGHTS Harvard women place fifth at Intercollegiate Fencing Association Championships. Schulz and senior Tamara Knutsen each place 21st in their respective events at NCAAs. Schmidt places 22nd in the men’s foil at NCAAs...

Author: By Timothy M. Mcdonald, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Three Fencers Bring Harvard 22nd-Place Finish at NCAAs | 6/6/2002 | See Source »

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