Einstein book blends biography with history of physics
Ronald W. Clark’s Einstein: The Life and Times is a 700 plus page biography that also charts the era’s physics. It portrays Einstein as a complex figure, detailing pacifism Zionism debates and his struggle with relativity quantum ideas and gravity. It covers Roosevelt’s 1939 letter on nuclear fission and situates Einstein within a broader scientific narrative.
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Ecological Dilemma Examined in Mines's New Book
Samuel Mines surveys the broad ecological dilemma in The Last Days of Mankind, a 300 page report from Simon & Schuster. The conservationist author quotes experts who fear reversal may be too late, yet argues for cautious pathways forward amid decline.
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Samuel Mines
Simon & Schuster
Best sellers and ecology ideas in current reading lists
A survey of top fiction mentions The Passions of the Mind by Stone The Exorcist by Blatty QB VII by Uris The New Centurions by Wambaugh Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee by Brown The Female Eunuch by Greer and The Sensuous Man by Minty. It notes a shift toward ecology inspired politics with Mines urging a land ethic and a politics of ecology, citing resistance to pollution dams and habitat loss and promoting lawsuits over speeches as action.
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Wambaugh
Wounded Knee
Brown
Greer
Ance
Mines
John Muir
Everglades
Redwoods
Revival of Romantic Period Attracts Young Audiences
New York reports a broad youth surge in arts such as ballet and classical concerts as a revival of romantic fashion, cinema, and religion appears to reflect in audience makeup. Carla Fracci notes young crowds seek story and direct appeal, not abstraction, with Giselle among favorites at Lincoln Center.
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UPI
Leonard Bernstein
Young Peoples
Carla Fracci
la Scala Ballet
American Ballet Theater
Miss Fracci
Beppe Mengatti
Lincoln Center
United States
Europe
Mengatti
Lebanon Theaters Find Bite In Satire And Shaw Credits
In Beirut theaters thrive on homegrown satire and the influence of Bernard Shaw. Lebanese activists see drama as a stimulant to native creativity, with five 400-seat venues running October through May and a rising wave of homegrown plays feeding a new, modern stage scene.
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Lebanon
G.B. Shaw
Suhel B Bushru
Bernard Shaw
Bushru
American University of Beirut
Mideast
Mediterranean
A Look Back at Twenty One Years of Music Reports
A survey concluding a global, decades long series on music coverage from 1950 to 1971. It notes key figures Rudolf Bing Cesare Siepi Louis Armstrong Claudio Arrau Jose Turbi and Leonard Bernstein across cities from New York to Tel Aviv and Brisbane. The piece marks Armstrongs death and Bernstein's ongoing works including Candide and Mass with previews of major premieres.
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New York
Australia
Tokyo
Moscow
Rudolf Bing
Cesare Siepi
Italy
Margaret Truman
Louis Armstrong
Claudio Arrau
Jose Tturbi
Arrau
Tturb
All Stripes
Tel Aviv
Israel
Santiago
Chile
Pueblo
Mexico
Brisbane
Queensland
Tanglewood to Rostropovich and the music beat of 1960s
A dense overview of 1950s and 60s classical music milestones. Highlights include Sutherland in Vancouver 1958 and Callas in Chicago 1954, Karajan in America, Barenboim and Du Pre tours, Rostropovich’s Salzburg cancellation amid Solzhenitsky defense, and Eastman School’s 50th anniversary with Hendl-led symposia.
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Hartford
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Chicago
Herbert von Karajan
America
Berlin Philharmonic
England
Joan Sutherland
Donna Anna
Don Giovanni
Vancouver
Stern-Rose- Istomin
Tel-Aviv
Pierre Boulez
New York College Auditoriam
New Opera House
Sydney
Australia
Eastman School
Rochester NY
Walter Hendl
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