Word: ares
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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"Are you sitting down?" he asked in German.
"Are you feeling well?" Rudolf asked.
Since both electromagnetism and gravitation are properties of matter, scientists are sure that they must be connected somehow. Since about 1920, the search for a connection has occupied many theoretical physicists. Einstein himself thought he had found the secret in 1935, but later decided he was on the wrong track...
Unfortunately, none of the essays told Roger Babson how to make an anti-gravity screen. First Prizewinner David T. Wittry of the University of Wisconsin ($1,000) described historical attempts, all failures. Second Prizewinner C. Peter Johnson Jr. of Harvard ($500) dived into unproductive mathematics. Third Prizewinner: John C. Cook...
The Edwardian settings in her work are easily explained, she thinks. "I used to love looking in mother's picture album. There was such peace and security then." As for the animals: "Of course I'm a frightful old English lady about animals. I adore them. My animals...