Word: scientist
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Jaroff's view is shared by Golden and by Reporter-Researcher Adrianne Jucius, who researched the story. Jucius first studied the intricacies of DNA as a graduate student at the University of Illinois, feeling the excitement of a scientist at work on the "fundamental substance of life" as she stirred a beakerful of solution, slowly accumulating a luminous glob of DNA strands on the end of her glass rod. "It was a very simple lab procedure," says Jucius, "but it was one of the most exhilarating moments in my life...
...their own offices, surrounded by references, handbooks, or computer printouts. At first inspection, the center seems like the headquarters of some old-boy-dominated corporation. The smell of pipe smoke wafts down many halls. Most of the women in the building work as secretaries or receptionists for male scientist-administrators. They keep the files in order and the coffee warm while the scientist-administrators talk on the phone and move purposefully between offices, checking on the progress of the scientists in their division. The conversation that escapes from some offices centers on administrative details--proposals for obtaining grants and contracts...
Some studies at the center are much more mundane. Jack Eddy, a visiting scientist at the Center, has shown how the amount of radioactive carbon in tree rings can be related to sunspots. Increased solar activity leads to warmer climates, Eddy says, raising the radiocarbon content of the rings. Another group of astronomers, working with radio telescopes designed to detect water vapor in remote parts of our own galaxy, found they could also use the radio telescope to measure the amount of water vapor in the earth's atmosphere. The method proved cheaper and more accurate than previous techniques, like...
...Policy (OSTP), designed to help set federal science policies and to coordinate Government research. In either role, Press insists, "my job is not to push for the programs of a particular segment of the scientific community or to argue for bigger budgets. I'm the President's scientist, and what he needs is an expert, not an advocate." Beyond any doubt, Frank Press meets that requirement...
Harvard has not yet reached a verdict on its curriculum. But judging by a preliminary report from a committee headed by Political Scientist James Q. Wilson, it seems likely that all students will be required to take "core" courses in eight specific areas ranging from mathematical reasoning to studies of non-Western cultures. The committee's purpose: to make students "think effectively, communicate thought, make relevant judgments, discriminate among values...