Word: scientists
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...Rosens instead plan to blow away the field in part because Harold and his team of engineers have solved a set of daunting technological issues just in the past year. Harold is, after all, a rocket scientist. For instance, he has been able to create and sustain a relatively pure vacuum in which the flywheel spins, using such exotic devices as molecular drag pumps and molecular sieves. A better vacuum means less friction, thus better spin. He also has been able to suspend the rapidly spinning flywheel in its unstable environment by using sophisticated gimbals and magnetic bearings--something very...
Other characters seemed similarly underdeveloped, especially the frustrated scientist played by Wallis Sparks in the modern-day scenes. His prattling about his theories gets confusing, and though some sexual chemistry between him and Hannah is promised, it is never delivered. This is a shame, because Sparks has, to his credit, an engaging clarity, magnetism and blonde, shampoo-ad good looks, and he flounders a bit in this muddy role...
...studied the plate, Fleming noticed that the colonies of staphylococci around the edge of the gloppy mold had been destroyed. This observation set the scientist off on a series of experiments in which he demonstrated that the mysterious mold was able to kill off an entire range of disease-producing bacteria. Because this particular fungus was a member of the Penicillium group, he named it penicillin after its presumed active ingredient...
...scientist closing in on a major discovery, you may want to slow down some. Bungle an experiment, perhaps; muddy up a study. Tempting as it might be to finish this project and get on to the next one, it's possible there won't be a next one, because science, as we know it, may be through. After centuries of breakthroughs in every field from astronomy to zoology, science may have rendered itself superfluous. Sure, we may have years of work ahead tidying up the details. But while that's important, is it science? Maybe not. Maybe true science...
...company last month, offered no such security. Only 3 of 4 people who worked for the new company's divisions when they were part of 3M made the move to the Imation payroll. Gone were two management layers, five manufacturing plants, seven labs and jobs ranging from clerk to scientist. Many older workers, apprehensive about the new company, took early-retirement packages. There was no going back to the mother ship either. "Imation designees," as they were known, can't work at 3M for two years...