Word: procession
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Department of Agriculture, after taking a horrified look at the Race 156 situation, trusts neither of these methods. It is trying to breed wheat that can resist. By growing its new varieties in winter in the Imperial Valley, it gets two generations a year, speeds up the development process...
...extraordinary; by projecting a few sharply focused figures against a barren background he gives both full play. Part of his power stems from the directness of Muccini's approach to art. He had no early contact with art schools and theories, learned his craft by the simple process of painting layers of pictures on both sides of what little canvas he could afford...
...thought Drinker, can't we reverse the process? First, push air into the box to press on the lungs, making the cat exhale, and then draw air out of the box, causing air to rush into the lungs and fill the vacuum. The two men got to work at once and soon were making the cat breath mechanically by pumping air into...
...research projects, Conant has noticed that laymen who have to make decisions about scientific projects are ill-equipped to evaluate expert opinion or, worse, have no conception about what science can or cannot do. Frequently the layman confuses science with magic and will swallow exaggerated claims for a new process submitted either by scientific charlatans or dangerously over-enthusiastic investigators. Some familiarity with the manner in which scientists think will help the layman to make wise decisions about scientific work, Conant feels. "Science and Common Sense" is designed to provide this sort of acquaintanceship with what Conant calls "the tactics...
Special emphasis lies on the word "fruitful" throughout the book since Conant looks upon science as a thing very much alive. He rejects the widely held conception that scientific method is a well ordered sifting and evaluation of facts. Instead it is a process in which human beings grope, often clumsily, toward an idea. He relates scientific investigation to life. No longer is it more test tube drama...