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PROFILE of Robert W. Wilson and Arno A. Penzias, who shared the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1978. It was for their joint discovery at Bell Labs, made in 1964…
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PROFILE of financier Felix George Rohatyn. Since 1960, when he was 31, he has been a partner in the investment-banking firm of Lazard Freres & Co. He has …
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A humorous story about professors at a small university. The climax comes at a meeting of the faculty. The issue is whether or not to grant an honorary …
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Jeremy Bernstein’s 1981 Profile of the artificial-intelligence pioneer.
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The narrator, a professor of Philosophy, will be the host of this week's meeting of the Philosophy Circle this evening. The subject of discussion is to…
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PROFILE of physicist Hans Bethe. Since 1974-the year of the Arab oil embargo-he has devoted most of his time to the energy problem. We must look forward to…
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PROFILE of German-born physicist Hans Bethe. Tells about some of his wartime projects before he became a citizen in Mar., 1941. Tells about the early …
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PROFILE of physicist Hans Albrecht Bethe, 73. Because of his encylopedic knowledge and personal contributions in many areas of physics, he has been called …
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PROFILE of Dr. Lewis Thomas, 64, who for 37 years has done outstanding research in biomedicine. He is pres. & chief executive officer of the Memorial …
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PROFILE of Yvon Chouinard, 38, mountain climber and designer-manufacturer of climbing equipment who lives in Ventura, Calif. Tells about several of his …
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PROFILE of physicist I.I. Rabi. Tells about radar. Real breakthrough began early in 1940 in Britain. A British technical mission came here & by Nov. …
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PROFILE of physicist I.I. Rabi, now 77, professor emeritus of Columbia University's Physics Dept. The Dept., with its galaxy of Nobel Prize winners, …
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PROFILE of Albert Einstein. Discusses the development of physics after his 1905 relativity theory. Discusses gravitation, cosmology & Planck's quantum …
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PROFILE of Albert Einstein. Long discourse on physics & the developments in that field--Newtonian mechanics & Maxwell's equations governing electricity…
a reporter at large ·
REPORTER AT LARGE about Nepal. Writer & friends go on a trek through the back country of Nepal to the base of Mt. Everest. Gives history of the highest …
a reporter at large ·
REPORTER AT LARGE about Nepal. Gives history of the country, and goes into detail in discussing the Shah dynasty, which is still in control today under …
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Jeremy Bernstein’s 1969 Profile of Arthur C. Clarke, the author of “2001: A Space Odyssey,” which was adapted for film by Stanley Kubrick.
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Jeremy Bernstein’s 1966 Profile of the director of “Dr. Strangelove” and other films.
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REPORTER AT LARGE about Chamonix; the surrounding mountain and the history of Alpine mountaineering. Before 1850 the British had done no significant …
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PROFILE OF computers contains excerpts from Dr. Bowden's "Faster Than Thought," a book he published in 1953. Dr. Bowden is a member of the British …
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PROFILE of two theoretical physicists, Chen Ning Yang and Tsung-Dao Lee, who in 1957, were awarded the Nobel Prize in physics for "their penetrating …