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John Bardeen was a truly remarkable scientist, and also a very private, taciturn man. Pippard (1995) in his obituary of Bardeen, recounts how John returned home from the Bell Labs and walked into the kitchen to say We discovered something today to (his wife) Jane s regret, all she could find in reply to what proved a momentous statement was That s interesting, but I have to get dinner on the table . ... [Pg.259]

On his return home in 1911, Honda was appointed professor of physies at the new Tohoku Imperial University in Sendai, in the north of Japan this institution had been established only in 1906, when the finance minister twisted the arm of an industrialist who had made himself unpopular because of pollution eaused by his copper mines and extracted the necessary funds to build the new university. A provisional institute of physical and chemical research was initiated in 1916, divided into a part devoted to novel plastics and another to metals. This proved to be Honda s lifetime domain he assembled a lively team of young physicists and chemists. In the same year, Honda invented a high-cobalt steel also containing tungsten and chromium, which had by far the highest coercivity of any permanent-magnet material then known. He called it KS steel, for K. Sumitomo, one of his sponsors, and it made Honda famous. [Pg.525]

Petersburg in 1725. Catherine was so desperate to secure Daniel that she agreed to offer a second chair to his brother, Nikolas. Unfortunately, Nikolas died of tuberculosis shortly after arriving in Russia. Despondent over his death, Daniel thought of returning home, but stayed when his father suggested that one of his own students, Leonard Euler, would make an able assistant. [Pg.141]

Aziz is ten years old. His family have recently moved to a new town after his father changed jobs. He has not found it easy to make friends at his new school but has become friendly with Will, a boy in his class. Both of Aziz s parents go to work and do not return home until after 5.30 in the evening. Will has started to come to Aziz s home after school to watch television and play computer games. One afternoon Will opens a cupboard in the living room at Aziz s home and takes out a bottle of wine. He suggests that he and Aziz try some. Both boys drink a mouthful each. The next afternoon Will suggests that they both drink some more wine. [Pg.64]

Suppose that, as our wedding anniversary approaches, our goal is to avoid having to return home to live with mother. Assuming that we are spineless enough that we need to consult an expert system for advice on how this catastrophe can be avoided, the goal is defined as ... [Pg.220]

Every day troops arrived who had not washed for a month. Some of their vehicles were faded and dirty. Not only was this fellow a welcome quartermaster, but working for him were the best of all character witnesses — refugees from the concentration camps across the Pohsh border. He had brought them here, and while they didn t talk much, they worked hard for him and said nothing to refute his claim that he had picked them all and trained them so that, when they returned home, they would have skilled professions. [Pg.9]

We also received during the first day of the incident our Homeland Security PODS (truck boxes without wheels filled with badly needed incident supplies and equipment that stay with response teams for days at a time). The PODS were shipped in from Columbia, South Carolina, and were very impressive in the equipment and supplies they contained. During the first day, we held an orderly evacuation (The Sheriff s office directed the mandatory evacuation of those who has been sheltering-in-place within a mile radius of the accident scene, which amounted to as many of 5,400 persons. Some people had to wait eight days to return home, while others had as long as fourteen days). [Pg.43]

Orleans, fly to Atlanta, take a subway and taxi to my doctor s office, get a treatment, and return home the same day, wearing a mask the whole way. I d leave here at six in the morning and get home at nine at night. It was difficult. [Pg.108]

Suppose you leave your home, go to the grocery store, visit a friend, stop at the drug store, and then return home. Draw a response surface of your round trip showing relative north-south distance (y,) as a function of relative east-west distance (Xj). What does the term hysteresis mean and how does it apply to your round trip that you have described Give examples of other systems and response surfaces that exhibit hysteresis. Why does there appear to be two different response surfaces in systems that exhibit hysteresis Is there a factor that is not being considered Is y, really a response Is x, really a factor ... [Pg.43]

When I returned home to Dallas the next week, I enrolled into Dr. Walker s Handwriting Analysis Certification Course. I have been... [Pg.17]

When Isis learned that her husband was dead, she went into mourning but she also used her magic to divine the location of the box. Isis found that the king of Phoenicia had cut down the tamarisk tree and used the trunk, containing the box and Osiris, as the main pillar in his palace. Isis went to Phoenicia and befriended the queen, who let her remove the box from the pillar. Then she returned home with the body of her husband, but once again Set intervened. He found the body of Osiris, cut it into 14 pieces, and scattered them over Egypt. [Pg.25]

The earl of Cork believed that children were best brought up away from home until it was time to begin their education. So, shortly after his birth, Robert was put in the care of a peasant woman until he was old enough to be taken back home and instructed by tutors. At the age of eight he was sent to Eton, where he remained for three years. He then returned home and was again taught by tutors. [Pg.46]

Traveler s diarrhea PO 100 mg/day during a period of risk (up to 14 days) and for 2 days after returning home. [Pg.403]


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