Word: theoreticians
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...generation's Leonardo--scientist, theoretician, artist, writer. The contributions I make do not register in far-off, esoteric reaches, but rather they impact at the mass level. Through my lab work combining vegetables with a frozen dairy subtitute, I have created Veggie-Yo, a vegetarian dessert option for the lactose-intolerant that had a successful trial run in the Harvard dining halls. My theory on the convergence of the sitcom and the hour-long drama--scorned when published in a Harvard Magazine--has led to such hits as "Ally McBeal". Critics for The Harvard Crimson have praised my acting work...
Students would also benefit on the receiving end. Rather than face yet another article by another historian or professor or theoretician, the classroom would be rejuvenated by the discussion of student work. Students would learn reap the benefits of each other's time, effort and thought, and their curiosity about what others had worked on would be sated. And we would be forced to develop the key skills of conveying and defending our arguments orally...
...clear that classical psychoanalysis, which is four to five times a week for a four- to five-year duration, will not be covered. It won't be covered because there is no real evidence that it works." Goodwin, for the record, professes himself an admirer of Freud the theoretician...
There was always the whiff of the charlatan about John Cage. The puckish composer, audacious theoretician, stylish writer, subtle graphic artist, macrobiotic guru and fearless mushroom hunter was the impish personification of the 20th century avant-garde. Arch, soft-spoken and witty, Cage was passionately adored by his acolytes right up to his death at age 79 in 1992, and continues to be regarded by some as a kind of contemporary Beethoven, his influence ranging as far afield as Germany and Japan (where he is a demigod). And yet: Was there ever a composer of whom it can be said...
...movie whose subject is its process, a movie about all the complexities of fabricating entertainment in the microchip age. It's a movie in love with technology (as Spielberg is), yet afraid of being carried away by it (as he is). The film even has a resident conscience, chaos theoretician Ian Malcolm (Jeff Goldblum), who insists that what God has put asunder, no man should join together...