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...scientist's comment on longevity, tobacco and alcohol...
...Kasner was lecturing on the theory of big numbers to the members of a kindergarten. When he asked how many raindrops fell on New York City on a rainy day, the scientist got the children to agree that the number was approximately equal to the number of sand grains at Coney Island. One followed by 20 zeros was a satisfactory expression. Dr. Kasner then proposed a greater number, one of his own, which he called a "googol": 1 followed by 100 zeros. He also proposed a much greater number still, a "googol plex": 1 followed by a googol of zeros...
Despite Daphnia's similarity to human, beings, Dr. Banta warned last week that too close a parallel must not be drawn-in other words, children should not be starved in the hope that they will live to be centenarians. But the scientist ventured this...
...exhibit of the works of Emmanuel Swendenberg, Swedish scientist, philosopher, and mystic, was arranged in Widener Library today...
...science congress held last fortnight in Calcutta, Dr. Baly summarized this work, making some new additions to photosynthetic theory. Copyreaders in the U. S. slapped lyrical headlines like NATURE'S HARNESSING OF SUN IS DUPLICATED BY SCIENTIST on dispatches from Calcutta, but as chemists sifted the reports last week such statements seemed overenthusiastic. Specialists were more impressed by Dr. Baly's opinion that natural photosynthesis is carried out in two steps-the first in blue light of short wave length, the second in red light of long wave length...