Word: experimentalism
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Herbert Gursky, professor of the practice of X-ray astronomy, said yesterday that a group of Harvard scientists had successfully applied for an opportunity to conduct a Spacelab experiment that NASA will fund.
NASA is funding the $4 million Harvard experiment and 12 other projects because the groups' experimental goals coincide with NASA's, Giovanni G. Fazio, lecturer on astronomy, said yesterday...
Harvard's experiment will involve the use of a new infrared telescope in gathering astronomical information, Fazio said. James M. Anderson, teaching fellow in biology, added that the experiment will obtain data about the atmosphere of the sun.
Fazio said the infrared telescope to be used in the experiment was the first of its kind. The Harvard experiment is the only astronomy proposal NASA has accepted so far for Spacelab, he explained, adding that some non-Harvard physics and chemistry proposals already had been approved.
Many observers are reserving judgement on the Core until Harvard develops specific courses because they realize the strength or weakness of a liberal arts curriculum lies in the individual courses and not in broad guidelines. Choosing to reform courses and not guidelines, a Johns Hopkins Physics professor, Gordon Feldman, is...