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Dates: during 1990-1999
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When Einstein developed his theory of general relativity in 1916, Kirshner says his initial equations showed that the universe was either expanding or contracting. But like most scientists of his time, Einstein believed the size of the universe was constant...
...correct this mistake, Einstein added a term to his equations that he called the "cosmological constant." This constant altered his equations to show that the universe would expand for a while and then stay relatively the same size...
...modern chic in the still Communist world: peeling white paint, tilting buffet tables, schoolroom chairs bolted together into haphazard couches. But the attraction here isn't the decor; it's the machines: a beige Compaq Proliant 2500 computer and an off-white Dell Poweredge, hooked into a refrigerator-size rack of network routers and, from there, via a thumb-thick black cable, to the infinite abundance of the Internet. Edward Zeng, the 35-year-old Chinese entrepreneur who commands this tiny outpost in the battle for information freedom, can't resist a grin as he looks around the modest...
...opening just before Memorial Day, exactly a year after The Lost World: Jurassic Park, is another really big lizard movie, Godzilla. This updating of the old Japanese monster series, by the Independence Day team, has been teased so cannily ("Size Does Matter") that now industry folk have only one debate: Which film will come in second? Analyst Alan Kassan of Deutsche Morgan Grenfell picks Saving Private Ryan. "A great script, Steven Spielberg directing, Tom Hanks starring--I'd take points in that...
...still have to sell the film. Godzilla went with size, plastering hints about its star's dimensions on 8,000 outdoor displays. Others try niche marketing. In ads on Ally McBeal, Armageddon peddles itself as a love story, with kissy spots featuring Ben Affleck and Liv Tyler. The idea is to attract Hollywood's hot new demographic, young females--the segment PaineWebber analyst Christopher Dixon calls "the new bobby-soxers...