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...Press is now planning to print "The Quest for Peace" by William E. Rappard, the eminent Swiss political scientist. A study of De Quincey's "Opium Eater," by John C. Metcalf, was published last Friday...
Depicting the life of a great research scientist who has to fight against the formidable opposition of conservatism, "Dr. Ehrlich's Magic Bullet" is one of screendom's finer productions. Sensitive spectators may be titillated by the screen debut of syhphilis, but the outstanding fact about this powerful picture is the truly magnificent acting of Edward G. Robinson. As Dr. Paul Ehrlich, he forsakes the tough-guy aspect for which he is famed and turns out a performance that must be considered for academy honors at the end of the year...
...accd'g to Navy Leagues of London and U.S.A. in N. Y. Wld-Telg'm July 10, 39. N. Y. Her-Trib Feb 20, 39 edit'i pp like many of his articles have nat'l radio repetition by the commentators. Not only is he a correct and influential scientist (his interview in Nature mag June 1931 p 354 brot about Bartlett rescue expedition to Greenland) but he is one of our best stylists as writer and speaker, said Worcester Gazette re his long address opening famous Clark University Oriental Conference of statesmen and sinologues. Without style no writer...
Approachable, colloquial and jolly, Dr. Condon is that delight of newsmen- a scientist who used to be a newsman himself. Born in New Mexico 37 years ago, son of a railroad civil engineer, he spent his childhood roving all over the West with his father. After a year at the University of California, he dropped out and went to work for an Oakland paper. But he soon decided that journalism was not his line, returned to the university and graduated with highest honors. He likes reading science books of all kinds, band music, complicated ice-cream sodas. His thick black...
With a harmonic analyzer Dr. Saunders dissected the tones of old and new violins, plotted their ups & downs on a graph. These indicated that there was practically no difference between the tone quality of a Strad or Guarnerius and of a fine new instrument. The scientist then had a violinist play a Strad and two new violins behind a screen, asking an audience-many of whom were musically erudite-to tell which was which. Only about a third guessed right, and this number would be expected to guess correctly oft the basis of pure chance...