Prophecy Of Science Part II Discoveries
Editor’s note introduces Clarke’s exploration of scientific breakthroughs that defied logic and could not have been predicted. The piece cites Rutherford’s disbelief in atomic energy and notes the first nuclear chain reaction occurring five years after his death in 1937.
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C. Clarke
Harper and Row
Arthur C. Clarke
Science Service
Lord Rutherford
Rutherford
Chicago
Clarke's Law and the shifting edge of scientific prediction
The text discusses Clarke's Law about elderly scientists predicting possibilities, and contrasts past and future tech. It traces the 1900s shift in science sparked by Roentgen's X rays, leading to quantum theory and relativity, and contrasts how older minds would grasp diesel engines yet fail to comprehend televisions, computers, or nuclear reactors.
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Lord Rutherford
James B. Conant
Roentgen
Benjamin Franklin
Galileo
Leonardo da Vinci
Archimedes
Chinatown
Betty Hutton
Barbara Hutton
Eduardo Cianelli
Met
Florence
Pucci
Pope
McCarthy Popular on College Campuses Over Kennedy Humphrey
A Gallup survey from Princeton shows Senator Eugene McCarthy ahead of Robert Kennedy and Hubert Humphrey among college students, with Kennedy leading among college Democrats. Older voters favor Humphrey, while Nixon leads Republicans overall on campus as Rockefeller dominates among younger voters.
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Afi
Humphrey
Princeton
N. J
Eugene McCarthy
Sen
Robert Kennedy
Hubert Humphrey
Kennedy
PAC Aay
Kenedy
Aia
Ota
Nelson Rockefeller
Richard Nixon
Nixon
Rockefeller
GOP
Public Forum on Aid for Poor Whites in Decatur
A May 17 1968 letter to Mr Shelton argues for aid to impoverished white residents alongside Black communities. The author recalls poverty from childhood, contrasts White hardship with successful Black peers, and urges cooperation to help both groups without marches. He cautions against government dependency and calls for constructive local effort.
Test Your Youth Quotient and Local Thanks Note
A 1968 column lists 19 indicators of being under 30 including jokes about campus riots and cultural references. It is followed by a letter from Mark C. Stewart thanking the Gateway Merchants Association for organizing the Fantasy Barnyard exhibit for Decatur area children through May 25.
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Decatur
Alabama
Gateway Merchants Association
United States
Decatur Area
Mark C. Stewart
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Decatur Daily
Tennessee Valley , Co., Inc
Associated Press
New York Times News
Maurice Chevalier
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