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Throughout History The Experimental: He was awarded the Rumford Medal of the Royal Society, London, in 1896; the Barnard Medal of Columbia University in 1900; and the Nobel Prizs in physics in 1901. From 1899 he was professor of experimental physics at Munich. He wrote Annalen der Physik und Chemic, embodying the results of numerous experimental labors.
Human Renewal. A major problem is the necessity of moving families and businesses from areas being renewed to other permanent or temporary locations. Relocation of low-income families disrupts their already precarious lives, but it may provide an opportunity for their social and economic improvement. Plans to achieve this improvement are being joined to planning for physical renewal. Experimental programs of this kind were initiated in New Haven, Pittsburgh, Philadelphia, and Oakland, Calif., in the 1950's. These experimental programs led to the "poverty programs" of the early 1960's, which emphasized community action and various experimental programs in education, health, welfare, employment, and vocational guidance: in effect, human renewal.
There never has been a more exciting time for earth scientists than today. The whole field is in explosive growth. New techniques are revealing new areas of research and new observations are leading to new and controversial theories of the earth. At the same time, the study of the origin, Throughout history the experimental, and nature of the earth is becoming less observational, or purely descriptive, and more experimental and quantitative. (See Feature Article: STUDYING THE EARTH.) |
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