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Galison has also connected science with other areas of the humanities. He has led a course on scientific realism with philosopher Hilary Putnam, who is the Cogan University professor of philosophy emeritus. And he joined with Smith Professor of Law Martha Minow for a course titled “Technoprivacy.” That duo also plans to co-teach a class on scientific doubt in law and science when Galison returns in the fall...
Meissner is determined to add the triple Axel to her long program in Torino, but even without it, her programs are packed with the points that could land her on the podium. "I don't feel pressure about anything," she said, assessing her chances with youthful realism. "I've never gone to [the] world [championships], never won nationals, never been to the Olympics. So I have nothing to live...
...sack of stolen money falls on 7-year-old Damian, and he thinks it's a gift from heaven. Magical realism comes to the English Midlands, where saints speak to little boys and dead mums offer tips on hair conditioners. Kids and adults will enjoy this sweet-but-not-sticky fairy tale from director Danny Boyle. Blessed by the charisma of its young star, Alex Etel, Millions is found gold, and a little bit of heaven...
...limited nature of photographic realism is just one of the weighty themes explored in this exhilarating exhibition, which runs in Tokyo until Jan. 9 before moving to the Hirschhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden of the Smithsonian Institution in Washington, D.C. and then to the Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth, Texas. The retrospective spans 30 years, incorporating 104 of Sugimoto's best works, pieces that bring fresh insight to philosophical dualities such as permanence and transience, perception and experience, time and nothingness. While Sugimoto, 57, has been the focus of one-man shows at the Guggenheim in Bilbao...
...have created a horror-romance that owes as much to Jane Austen's social comedies as to the Hammer monster movies of yore. In Millions, a sack of stolen money falls on 7-year-old Damian (adorable Alex Etel), and he thinks it?s a gift from heaven. Magical realism comes to the English Midlands, where saints speak to little boys and dead mums offer tips on hair conditioners. Individually, these are films to give meaning and fun to an ailing child?s rainy afternoons. Together, they could brighten Christmas, Hanukkah and the new year too. Happy merry, everyone...