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Theology is based, Huxley writes, on "a combination of an elaborate god-theory with a subsidiary but equally elaborate soul-theory," and is limited in applicability and the power of self-correction. Humanism, on the other hand, "is acquiring a well-organized theoretical basis in the form of a comprehensive...
Star Populations. Another of Baade's absorbing interests was the evolution of stars. After long and subtle observing, Baade found that there are two sorts of star "populations." Population I contains brilliant giant stars that are found chiefly in the outer spiral arms of a galaxy. Population II, of...
After 18 months' preliminary study, the Colorado group decided to work on three central ideas, divided into the "blue, yellow and green courses." The blue, or physiological approach to biology, will emphasize the underlying cellular activity in all living matter; the yellow, or morphological approach, will compare the structures...
Auto Nation. In Suburbia's pedocracy huge emphasis is placed on activities for the young (Washington's suburban Montgomery County, Md.-pop. 358,000 -spends about $34 million a year on youth programs). The suburban housewife might well be a can-opener cook, but she must have an...
Eloquently, De Gaulle conjured up the vision of "a European entente from the Atlantic to the Urals . . . this Western Europe which, in former times, was the dream of the wise and the ambition of the powerful." For the first time, De Gaulle conceded that the European Common Market might prove...