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...scientist and educator, Tyson also knew that the existing planetarium, with its '30s design and technology, didn't come close to conveying the astonishing discoveries modern astronomy has made in the past few decades, from the Big Bang to black holes. Plummeting attendance in recent years simply confirmed that the Hayden was more compelling as memory than as fact. So Tyson set aside his nostalgia, sat down with architect James Polshek and exhibition designer Ralph Applebaum and got to work...
...Roosmalen, 53, nearly squeaked back, with amazement. An expert primatologist, he was staring at an unknown genus of pygmy marmoset. It was a remarkable discovery; the last time any scientist had identified a new primate genus was in the late 19th century. Trouble was, the Indian knew only that the marmoset had been trapped somewhere near the Madeira River, a 2,000-mile stretch of water flowing into the Amazon from the Bolivian Andes. This clue propelled Van Roosmalen on an epic, nine-month odyssey in which he found far more than the elusive marmosets...
...this is only the beginning. Just ask Jaron Lanier, who coined the term virtual reality. Lanier is chief scientist for the "tele-immersion" project, part of the federally subsidized research program known as Internet2, which explores the upshot of massive bandwidth and computing power...
...know that this is specific to academia," says Skocpol. "My understanding as a political scientist is that...people at Harvard are the same as the other professionals in and around the Democratic Party. There's something about Bradley that seems to be attractive to educated people who seem to have relatively good incomes...
Shortly after, James R. Houghton '58, who was then chairman of the board of Corning, Inc., was appointed to the Corporation. He replaced scientist Charles P. Slichter '45, known by many as the Corporation's academic voice. Houghton's appointment meant that the Corporation's membership had twice as many business executives as academics...