Word: spaces
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...first half of Disturbing the Universe is largely his scientific autobiography, the second is his somewhat disjointed account of what must have been a disjointed later career. Why should a man of such acknowledged brilliance lead his professional life thus--first working with atomic energy, then space missions; now testifying before the Supreme Court, now tutoring the Princeton prodigy who independently discovered the atomic bomb? Because, it seems, he gave up on himself as a pure theoretical physicist. "I was," writes Dyson, "and always have remained, a problem solver rather than a creator of ideas. I can not, as Bohr...
...city ordinance requiring permits for renovations may be slowing Harvard's conversion of a Sumner Road apartment building into office space...
...tenant, who wished to remain unidentified, said work on the building, which is being converted to office space for the Graduate School of Design, had slowed noticeably since the ordinance went into effect. "Before that, they were full-speed ahead," the tenant said...
Side one is the title cut, "Space Minds, New Worlds, Survival of America," a 21-minute suite that explores a staggering variety of instrumental and ensemble textures. "Space Minds..." is something of a departure for Jenkins because of his use of synthesizer-player Richard Teitelbaum. This is the first time that Jenkins has written for an electronic instrument, but in Teitelbaum he has clearly found a kindred spirit...
...group, Musica Elettronica Viva, contributes lean, sensitive synthesizer work that is quite compatible with the suite's carefully structured textures and its theme of relentless exploration and discovery. Jenkins likes the futuristic associations of his oblique song title, and also "the poetic aspect, the way it can be said. 'Space Minds, New Worlds Survival of America.' It has a certain rhythm...