Word: environmental
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As a quadriplegic, I was gratified to read that disabled children are now being given an opportunity to learn in a normal school environment [Sept. 19]. As a psychologist, I see the healthy experience that this provides able-bodied children in the classroom.
When B.F.Skinner wants to write, he explained to students at a dinner several years ago, he manipulates his personal environment just as he does the environment of the pigeons that he wants to play ping-pong. He adjusts temperature and humidity in the writing room to optimal levels. He dangles...
...broad that he can't help but offer some wisdom. Commoner's primary field seems to be energy and the environment. He's studied the effects of things like energy price rises, agricultural shortages, and production technology in general. He's performed experiments on DNA, especially in relation to environmental adaptations. The price for the lecture is steep: $5 for students and $7.50 for student couples. But this fee gets you in free to all lectures sponsored by the Ford Hall Forum, which is sponsoring Commoner. The forum's series is worth looking into; last week, the forum had Larry...
According to the theory, water drainage and land erosion created a homogeneous environment with fewer ecological niches so that fewer new species could evolve. Without new species creation, old species of dinosaurs died without replacement, leading to the extinction of all dinosaurs.
If it is difficult for me to describe the contribution that this perceptive and literate man has brought to TIME-indeed to journalism-perhaps some examples will help. Grunwald was responsible for launching several new TIME sections: Environment, Behavior, The Sexes. He also edited our special issues on Blacks, Women...