. 1962 ~ Leonard Bernstein broadcast his Young People’s Concert “Sound of a Hall” from the New York Philharmonic’s new home at Lincoln Center (now David Geffen Hall). He spoke about the science of sound; acoustics, vibration, sound waves, echo and reverberation. ÒWell, the best test...
Not to be a ridiculous sentimentalist about it, but kind of why? Because life is a discovery process. Life is a startup process where you're trying to figure out what it is out there, and it's a total adventure. And I always had that view, you know? And so the result is, I ...
Revealing personal information can make you fall in love faster. At least that's what Dr. Arthur Aron discovered in hisInterpersonal Closenessexperiment. Over 20 years ago, he paired several strangers together and had them ask each other the 36 questions below. Within 6 months, one of the cou...
Arthur C. Clarke, English science fiction author best known for his script for and novel of 2001: A Space Odyssey. He invented the communication satellite in 1946, nearly two decades before the first such satellites launched. He also wrote Childhood’s E
Koestler took stock of his early life in the memoirsArrow in the Blue(1952) andThe Invisible Writing(1954). His later works were concerned with science, creativity, andmysticism.The Act of Creation(1964), perhaps the best-known book of his scientific and philosophical period, attempts to expla...
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Arthur O. Lovejoy was an American philosopher best known for his work on the history of ideas and theory of knowledge. The son of a Boston minister and his German wife, Lovejoy received his B.A. from the University of California, Berkeley (1895), and his
Arthur Conan Doyle, Scottish writer best known for his creation of the detective Sherlock Holmes, one of the most vivid and enduring characters in English fiction. His notable books included The Hound of the Baskervilles. Learn more about Conan Doyle’s
Rimbaud grew up at Charleville in the Ardennes region of northeasternFrance. He was the second son of an army captain and a local farmer’s daughter. The father spent little time with the family and eventually abandoned the children to the sole care of their mother, a strong-willed, bigoted...