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...necessary to carry light waves through space. But experiments soon proved that ether does not exist. Scientists were plunged into a paralyzing dilemma, caught between their reliance on the old Newtonian concept and the undisputable results of their experiments. For close to 20 years they floated in an etherless void...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Science: Death of a Genius | 5/2/1955 | See Source »

Einstein's calculations filled the void, and stretched it far into the cosmos with a brief, daring equation that tripped off the tongue with the doomful simplicity of the first few notes of Beethoven's Fifth: E=mc².This meant that a mass (m) of one gram of matter contains within itself energy (E) which is the equivalent in ergs to the square of the velocity of light (c²) in centimeters per second. Einstein went on to demonstrate mathematically that there can be no absolute measure of time or space because all spatial bodies...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Science: Death of a Genius | 5/2/1955 | See Source »

This alone could be the caption for the pictures. As a deep contrast, Mr. Strock's photograph of Central Park, void of lights and people, appears ethereal and peaceful...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters, Apr. 18, 1955 | 4/18/1955 | See Source »

...holding several passed bills that would not become law unless he signed them before the assembly adjourned. If Handley adjourned the senate at midnight, before the budget battle was settled, the Diener-held bills (including a politically potent bonus for Korean war veterans) would be void...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE STATES: Winner on the Wabash | 3/21/1955 | See Source »

...student from Minnesota who admits that he had "a kind of void" in the arts, has now become interested enough to subscribe to a print-of-the-month club and to buy some originals on his own. What did he hang on his walls before? "Mirrors...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Education: How to Become an Executive | 2/28/1955 | See Source »

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