Word: tananbaum
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Some scientists matter-of-factly dismiss the problem of creation. Says Harvey Tananbaum, an X-ray astronomer at the Harvard-Smithsonian Astrophysical Laboratory: "That first instant of creation is not relevant as long as we do not have the laws to begin to understand it. It is a question for philosophers and religionists, not for scientists." Adds Geoffrey Burbidge, director of Kitt Peak National Observatory: "Principles and concepts cannot be measured. A question like 'Who imposed the order?' is metaphysical." Still, virtually everyone -both scientists and laymen-is taken by the sheer unthinkable opacity of the creation...
...Marjorie Tananbaum Washington...
Died. Martin Tananbaum, 54, textile magnate who developed Yonkers Raceway into one of the world's largest harness-racing tracks; of a heart attack; in Manhattan. Tananbaum and two brothers bought Yonkers Raceway in 1956. As president, he added a clubhouse and pioneered new stakes races. Yonkers became the first harness track to handle more than $3,000,000 in one night (1962), and by 1969 the yearly handle was up from $140 million to $314 million, a world's record...