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His first appointment was to an instructorship in physiology, but from the outset he refused to treat physiology, psychology, and phiosophy as distinct and separate disciplines. In his lectures, as in his writings, he sought a synthesis comprising insights and factual contributions from each of the fields.
Also a stabilizing influence--and herself a remarkable synthesis--was Miss Gibbens. After James married her in 1878 his physical and emotional health improved markedly, and he launched into his significant work in psychology. Though her intelligence, beauty, and wit were highly regarded, she is surely remembered primarily for the...
"The City of Man," a summary of past conceptions of world civilization, is disappointing. Like so many books of its type, this particular review is no more than a jumbled recapitulation of the ideas of a dozen men and cultures, presented without fresh ideas or an adequate synthesis.
A synthesis is emerging from this reconsideration of the place of Leadership Lab that will probably result--at Harvard, at least--in shorter, but more intense drill periods. Col. Edward M. Lyman, professor of Air Science, plans to substitute orientation sessions in place of fall drill to give incoming freshmen...
Living cells are complex chemical factories, and whatever they manufacture, they use protein molecules called enzymes as their machine tools. Scientists probing the secrets of life have learned that enzymes are long chains of amino acids linked together in definite order and tightly coiled or folded. But no one is...