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...science consists of a great mass of observed facts, a great number of attempts to connect one with another. But the connections (theorems) themselves have little interconnection. It is as if each existed in a different world, or as if the world itself had no logical unity. To a scientist this is repugnant. He accepts on faith that the world is a harmonious whole; he may choose any way he wishes to connect different phenomena; if he chooses the right one it will fall into place as naturally as a word in a puzzle, and no conceivable experiment will dislodge...
Henry Hemmendinger '35, 1G., and Miss Henrietta Swope are the other members of the University who will sail on Wednesday, April 8 for Russia, where they will join Dr. B.P. Gerasimovic, Soviet scientist, in the journey to the field station set up by the Poulkova Observatory...
...Pasteur," the French interpretation of the life of the great scientist, will be presented again today under the auspices of the French Talking Films Committee. Performances will be given at the Institute of Geographical Exploration on Divinity Avenue at 1.40, 4.00, 6.30, and 8.30 o'clock...
...Pasteur" the French interpretation of the life of the great scientist, leaving out all romance, will be presented today at 1.40, 4.00, 6.30, and 8.30 o'clock in the Institute of Geographical Exploration under the auspices of the French Talking Films Committee. Performances will be repeated at the same times on Friday...
...perseverance, and the simple kindliness so ably portrayed by Muni jibe nicely with the popular conception of what the quite genius must have been. The plot as well as the character keep a close grip on fact. A vivid notion is given of the stern battle of a humble scientist against ignorance, fantasy, and professional bigotry. Coupled with the accuracy, however, there is a most judicious selection of dramatic incident. Foremost in this line is the scene in which Pasteur is compelled by circumstance to call upon his proud, disdainful opponent, Dr. Charbonnet (Fritz Leiber) to attend the birth...