U. S. scientists make publicity hay when the sun shines most feeblyduring the Christmas-New Year holidays. High lights of the annual American Association for the Advancement of Science meeting last week in Richmond:*
Hooke's Cells. Robert Hooke (1635-1703) probably suffered from a mild case of paranoia. A brilliant British scientist, he had many ideas, carried few of them through to solid achievement. He invented a wheel barometer, conceived the idea of using a pendulum as a measure of gravity, helped famed Robert ("Boyle's Law") Boyle make his air pump. He clearly conceived the...