| 单词 | observation |
| 例句 | But if the theory was mathematically consistent and always gave predictions that agreed with observations, we could be reasonably confident that it was the right one. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z A black hole seems to be the only really natural explanation of the observations. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z This is not, of course, an unfamiliar observation about Asian culture. Outliers 2008-11-18T00:00:00Z For he is a man of observation, but his own creations fail to take. Shadowshaper 2015-06-30T00:00:00Z Like the rest of us, over the years she had developed extremely keen powers of observation and recollection. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z I wanted to keep my feelings out of it, to be objective in my observations. Black Like Me 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z He helped me to build up a new research center, where almost all the observations were made by the Tanzanian field staff. My Life with the Chimpanzees 1988-03-01T00:00:00Z On a clear day you can see for twenty-five miles in all directions because you are in the largest observation wheel ever built. The London Eye Mystery 2007-01-01T00:00:00Z The doctor concluded that she was paranoid, but noted, as Hoover put it, that she “perceives items which would escape the observation of the average individual.” Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z “I am,” said Roscuro, “exactly that. A rat. Allow me to congratulate you on your very astute powers of observation. ” The Tale of Despereaux: Being the Story of a Mouse, a Princess, Some Soup and a Spool of Thread 2003-08-25T00:00:00Z He would not give Sheed the satisfaction of agreeing with any of those other observations, though he did note the confirmation in his pad. The Last Last-Day-of-Summer 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z Rather than pursuing any single “correct” explanation of some phenomenon, Epicurus advised simultaneous acceptance of any number of explanations, as long as they were all consistent with observation. Circumference 2008-11-25T00:00:00Z At least that is what they were told; they understood little of what he said except his observations on hell. Go Set a Watchman: A Novel 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z He arrived at this after long observation of the construction of termite nests, which excepting perhaps a man-made city are the most formidable edifices in nature. The Lives of a Cell 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z Subsequent observations by the Viking lander support the identification of windblown clays on Mars. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z With that olfactory observation, that specific little detail, the Terror unspooled. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z A few miles to the south, another two thousand fans dressed in purple and gold clambered aboard an observation train at the Northern Pacific Railway’s University Station. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z He raises a finger in the air and wags it like he’s about to make a brilliant observation. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z Tonight was going to be a good time to start teaching the foc’s’le to take lunar observations. Carry On, Mr. Bowditch 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z Simple physical movements and observations can have a profound effect on how we feel and think. The Tipping Point 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z But from my observation of Mr Farraday over these months, he is not one of those gentlemen prone to that most irritating of traits in an employer - inconsistency. The Remains of the Day 1989-05-01T00:00:00Z As a bonus, Hooke filled a space at the end of the book with drawings based on some of his astronomical observations. The Scientists 2003-10-21T00:00:00Z He concurred that such lively observations about homestead life would be of general interest to his readership. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z It was just an observation, but it tipped the scales, and Rufino stopped to offer the boy a ride. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z The streambed opened onto an expansive grassy firing range, with an observation tower and berms at the near end and hillocks at the far end. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z The observation train was, at that moment, just rumbling behind Harry Rantz’s house, the smoke from its diesel engines streaming out ahead of it in the brisk wind. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z Everybody watched him from the observation posts while he crossed the empty parking lot. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z My ideas would be like demons rushing from a hellish cave, and my fellow intellectuals, startled by the truth and enormity of my observations, would try to bottle them up before they spread. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z Half an hour, at least—we've gotten into position just before curfew—and we've been killing time by barking reminders and observations to each other. Girl in the Blue Coat 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z I no longer sold to Biswas; there were several other shops in the town now where I was paid better, and where I did not have to endure the sly, spiteful observations he made. Nectar in a Sieve 1954-01-01T00:00:00Z Her observation came at a time when media use in general was exploding among children, up to an average of around ten hours a day of screen time, according to the Kaiser Family Foundation. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z My only powers are those of observation and analysis. Shadowshaper 2015-06-30T00:00:00Z The only person not participating in the game was Nico di Angelo, “Pluto’s ambassador,” who had climbed an observation tower about a hundred yards from the fort and would be watching with binoculars. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z “I meant it as an observation,” he said when we’d made it down. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z She then peeped round to where I sat; so stern a neighbour was too restrictive: to him, in his present fractious mood, she dared whisper no observations, nor ask of him any information. Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z “It tends to spoil the truly objective observation.” The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z He continued to make observations and amass facts. Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z My first observation: The green receptacles are not always filled with just cut grass and dead flowers. Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z “There’s a new directive out about abdominal complaints. We have to keep them under observation five days because so many of them have been dying after we make them beat it.” Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z “When the hotel was built, they put an observation deck on the roof,” explained the little man. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z They had tailed Ministry workers on their way in, eavesdropped on their conversations, and learned by careful observation which of them could be relied upon to appear, alone, at the same time every day. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z And ’tis the excellent observation of Grotius, God has wisely appointed this way of perswading Men the truth of the Gospel, that Faith might be accepted as an act of Obedience from the reasonable Creature. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z The distance derived from measurements of the parallax of Mars carried out in 1671 by a French team using simultaneous observations by Jean Richer from Cayenne, in French Guiana, and Cassini from Paris. The Scientists 2003-10-21T00:00:00Z Sal had a broken arm and three broken ribs, and he had to spend the night for observation. When You Reach Me 2009-07-14T00:00:00Z Encouraged by the response to her caterpillar book, Maria immediately began to gather observations for a second volume. The Girl Who Drew Butterflies: How Maria Merian's Art Changed Science 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z His bird collection grew even bigger and his observations in his notebook grew longer, especially the following summer when his family took a trip down the Nile River. Death on the River of Doubt 2017-01-03T00:00:00Z Maria now felt certain—based on her own observations—that all European butterflies and moths followed the same cycle of transformation: egg to caterpillar to pupa and back to egg again. The Girl Who Drew Butterflies: How Maria Merian's Art Changed Science 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z Our observations of atoms and galaxies were launched in this time and place. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z And the letter is more personal than most, delving into thoughts on his own writings, observations about his Wunschtraum clock containing a level of detail that would require observing it for hours on end. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z During the past year he had been aware of the increasing level of observation. The Giver 1993-04-01T00:00:00Z Before going to bed I went round to the patient’s room and looked in through the observation trap. Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z He ended it with the observation that a Negro man had a hard row to hoe in this world. Sula 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z He stopped writing his observation notes in Italian and started writing them in Latin—he was planning to publish. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z But, of course, he would like to visit Danzig to confirm the accuracy of the new observations. The Scientists 2003-10-21T00:00:00Z A few scenes appear to be combinations of her own observations and faulty information collected from others. The Girl Who Drew Butterflies: How Maria Merian's Art Changed Science 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z Another is pottery, which may have arisen from observations of the behavior of clay, a very widespread natural material, when dried or heated. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z You can see the most beautiful things from the observation deck of the Empire State Building. Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z "At the time we started, only slightly more than a dozen of these things had ever been discovered in the entire course of astronomical observation," Shoemaker recalled some years later in a television interview. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z At least that is what is supposed to happen, but you can always question the competence of the person who carried out the observation. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z Over time, observation became an adjunct to experiment, both producing reliable facts in place of the unreliable, unspecific ‘experience’ which underlay so much classical and medieval discussion. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z My journal is still a whole lot of blank pages and some random observations that don’t seem all that interesting. A Good Kind of Trouble 2019-03-12T00:00:00Z “I can tell you like him,” she said, eyebrows raised, as if this observation required some uniquely maternal instinct. The Fault in Our Stars 2012-01-10T00:00:00Z Mr. Landau asks us to “share our observations.” Liar & Spy 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z Their father dropped his observation like a bomb. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z But I am surprised your powers of observation have not already made it clear to you that he is in reality more than that. The Remains of the Day 1989-05-01T00:00:00Z However, after much observation, I’ve concluded that it’s not raining on Mom. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z “Two additional runs were made, hoping that the target might be picked up after closer observation,” weaponeer Frederick Ashworth wrote in his flight log. Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z All of our ideas about the way the Universe works are now accepted as simply models which are put forward to explain observations and the results of experiments as best we can. The Scientists 2003-10-21T00:00:00Z She wrote to him fairly regularly, from a paradise of triple exclamation points and inaccurate observations. Nine Stories 1953-04-06T00:00:00Z Francie thought her diary would be like that, but excepting for some romantic observations on Harold Clarence, actor, the entries were prosaic. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z This is consistent with the observations of the microwave background radiation, which show that it has almost exactly the same intensity in any direction. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z But the radar observations had been made nearby, not in the Chryse landing site itself. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z I’m relieved when the scholarship decisions are announced later in the festival, and they are in accord with my observations. Drama High 2013-09-26T00:00:00Z Lupita knew of their wealth not only from her observations of what they threw away, but also from the letters of her mother’s sister Consuelo, who lived in the United States. Lupita Mañana 1981-03-21T00:00:00Z I wanted to learn things that no one else knew, uncover secrets through patient observation. My Life with the Chimpanzees 1988-03-01T00:00:00Z In a way, this is an obvious observation. The Tipping Point 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z John’s medical hypothesis was based on the observation that phosphorus naturally concentrates in bone marrow. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z "No, just to be certain we'll keep him here a few days. Want to keep him under observation. Then he may leave." Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z Noting and repeating my observations only sharpened my mental catalog. Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z He didn’t have his blues harp in his hand or in his pocket so he kept that observation to himself. Clayton Byrd Goes Underground 2017-05-09T00:00:00Z Because of getting on at the observation end of the train, Mr. Popper had to take the birds through the whole length of the train. Mr. Popper's Penguins 1938-09-01T00:00:00Z “Hello! Have you come to file a complaint or observation?” Witchlings 2022-04-05T00:00:00Z The eyebrow pencil has worked wonders, but I decide to keep that observation to myself. Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z The elegance and grandeur of the theory, however, persuaded him that the observations must be in error, a conclusion drawn when the observations are unobliging by many other theorists in the history of science. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z His study of the moon’s libration shows that he was looking for new observations with which to solve cosmological issues. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z A devoted and talented writer with an eye for detail, her secret diary, which she began at fourteen, detailed her observations and encounters with the political, military, and diplomatic elite. Chasing Lincoln's Killer 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z “Because I wanted to make certain that Odin was here in Valhalla with the warriors and not in his own hall at the Hlidskjalf, the observation point.” Norse Mythology 2017-02-07T00:00:00Z The wonder and consternation with which Joe stopped on the threshold of his bite and stared at me, were too evident to escape my sister’s observation. Great Expectations 1861-08-01T00:00:00Z At least, he thought this observation important enough to report to Warren. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z The Aristotelian tradition also held that one could work out all the laws that govern the universe by pure thought: it was not necessary to check by observation. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z Since 1934 its single eagle nest has been under observation by Professor Herbert H. Beck, an ornithologist of Lancaster and custodian of the sanctuary. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z Doctor Dolittle’s parrot, Polynesia, tells us that in order to learn animal language we must have “powers of observation.” My Life with the Chimpanzees 1988-03-01T00:00:00Z It connected itself with other vaguely felt matters that had struck her outside observation and buried themselves in her flesh. Their Eyes Were Watching God 1937-09-18T00:00:00Z Dari asked, and I could tell he was watching me and piecing all his observations together, trying to analyze the mystery of me, so I turned away and clutched the seed to my chest. The Science of Breakable Things 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z "The treasure is hidden in a storm drain. This has been confirmed by visual observation." Freak The Mighty 1993-10-01T00:00:00Z He recorded what he saw and what he felt in equal amounts, as if he were balancing the great scales of observation and reflection. Hole in My Life 2002-03-26T00:00:00Z A man walked up to the Gladers as the others in his group spread out around them, sweeping their guns left and right as they shot at the observation windows, shattering them. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z This is not offered in criticism but only as observation. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z Then they poured out onto the observation roof—which is the place where tourists stand—just at the bottom of the big spike. James and the Giant Peach 1961-11-01T00:00:00Z We took him in a cab to the emergency room and he stayed overnight for observation. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z From the VIP observation room, Teddy watched the despondent Mission Control Center. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z But unfortunately the two sets of observations seem mutually incompatible. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z It was through observation and experimentation that scientists made new discoveries. Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z The birth of modern science—the offspring of theory and observation— teetered on the precipice of their mutual mistrust. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z The Countess did not reply to this observation. Murder on the Orient Express 1934-01-01T00:00:00Z From my observations I’ve learned that squirrels keep nests in the trees. Hello, Universe 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z The light deflection has, however, been accurately confirmed by a number of later observations. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z “A good idea. We must be honest in our observations. Take up the pen and kindly do the honors, my girl.” The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z In the kitchen, being soaped head to toe by her mother, Nel ventured an observation. Sula 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z He had been a major figure in one of the great scientific dramas of the 1920s, the quest to confirm Einstein’s theory of relativity by astronomical observation. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z “Mr. Clinton, if you’ll permit an observation from a woman of the world, your hand is showing.” Go Set a Watchman: A Novel 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z Nowhere is that observation more relevant in American society today than in an analysis of the culture of mass incarceration. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z But according to the approach I described in Chapter 1, a scientific theory is just a mathematical model we make to describe our observations: it exists only in our minds. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z Sometimes she sees a glimmer of independence—a raised eyebrow, a carefully worded, possibly ironic observation, like, “Well, we can’t make a decision on that till the boss gets home.” Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z This was my first serious observation of animal behavior. My Life with the Chimpanzees 1988-03-01T00:00:00Z On the west side, the observation train jolted to a stop adjacent to the line of stake boats. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z “Tell Burt to confine his observations and reports to the experimental data. I won’t have him poisoning you against me. I can handle the drinks.” Flowers for Algernon 1959-05-01T00:00:00Z I open my eyes and walk to the front of the observation room, where Eric stands with a syringe full of orange liquid. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z One night early in May Nat got a good lunar observation and worked out their longitude. Carry On, Mr. Bowditch 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z “A wise observation, Constance, but you try telling that to Cluny and his horde. See how far you get.” Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z From his sunny observation post on the woodpile, the cat had watched Mackenzie cross the yard and usher the two dogs into a warm, sweet-smelling stable, shutting the door carefully behind him. The Incredible Journey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z Instead of finding her observation comforting, I was offended. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z By late afternoon the Main Street wharf was crowded with people waiting for ferries to get them across the river to the observation train. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z However, Hyde was not part of the official team and his observations attracted little notice. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z I slept late and spent the tail of the morning reading over my own notes on Palace etiquette and the observations on Gethenian psychology and manners made by my predecessors, the Investigators. The Left Hand of Darkness 1969-03-01T00:00:00Z But Malpighi’s observations had been reported piece by piece to the scientific community more or less as they had been made. The Scientists 2003-10-21T00:00:00Z “Keep him under observation five days and then make him beat it.” Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z The cat, after a good deal of wary observation, made a little hollow among the spruce needles and curled around in it, purring softly. The Incredible Journey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z This has led to a great deal of observation and research on my part, but for him it is no picnic. Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z There was an observation balloon tethered in a village occupied by the Germans so they could spot Soviet positions and tell their gunners where to fire. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z Because theories are always being changed to account for new observations, they are never properly digested or simplified so that ordinary people can understand them. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z As amazing as this observation was, it was not what Hubble is best remembered for. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z Since the dance, I have pages and pages of “observations.” A Good Kind of Trouble 2019-03-12T00:00:00Z It’s called participant observation, this research method of anthropology. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z So we need somewhere that gives us good views of the town—that allows for multiple and clear observation points — and that will, most importantly, keep us hidden, because we cannot risk being seen. Harry Potter and the Cursed Child 2016-07-31T00:00:00Z Harvey then built up his case, using a combination of experiments and observation. The Scientists 2003-10-21T00:00:00Z Eventually the detailed observations of the apparent motion of the planets forced him to abandon the idea of circular paths and to realize that planets travel in ellipses. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z At 8 we assembled in the courtyard outside of our dormitory for “observation,” standing at attention as the girls arrived from separate dormitories. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Even then I was aware of the quality of that answer, not so much a prophecy as an observation. The Left Hand of Darkness 1969-03-01T00:00:00Z He carried out many of the experiments and observations. Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z Even with both taxi-drivers helping them through the gate and over the brass rails onto the rear observation platform, they barely made it. Mr. Popper's Penguins 1938-09-01T00:00:00Z One of Mitchell’s observations leaped off the page for Rush. An American Plague: The True and Terrifying Story of the Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1793 2003-06-23T00:00:00Z “The nozzle was probably clogged too,” Billy said, which was a decent observation for his first time on the range. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z All of these settings are part of a person’s enculturation, or learning one’s culture through experiences, observations, and both formal and informal settings. Music and the Child 2016-06-14T00:00:00Z The central problem, however, was simple: How could one look through a powerful telescope at a tiny, distant object and make reliable observations while on a ship bouncing about on the waves? The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z “Great is a judgment on a woman’s body. Perky is merely an observation. They are perky. I mean, Christ.” Looking for Alaska 2005-03-03T00:00:00Z The gentlemanly Oliphant followed up two weeks later with the observation that as little as a single layer of contaminating deutons would produce the erroneous results. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z I didn’t want to reveal my observations because they might make her craftier, so I said, “I was just wondering.” It All Comes Down to This 2017-07-11T00:00:00Z But in the meantime, I employed my keen powers of observation rather than beastly force. Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z Finally the Chief Elder paid tribute to the hard work of her committee, which had performed the observations so meticulously all year. The Giver 1993-04-01T00:00:00Z Washington preferred agents who “live with the other side; whose local circumstances, without subjecting them to suspicions, give them an opportunity of making observations.” George Washington, Spymaster 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z Like any other scientific theory, it may initially be put forward for aesthetic or metaphysical reasons, but the real test is whether it makes predictions that agree with observation. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z Any observations of mine can be quickly canceled by opinion or counter-observation. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z When the elevator door opened, we got out on the observation deck. Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z Teddy sat in the VIP observation room behind Mission Control. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z She gathered her players in a corner of the field and quickly ran through her observations. Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference 2009-04-21T00:00:00Z Rembrandt was a prolific draftsman who was constantly jotting down observations of daily life and other ideas for further development. History of Art, Volume 1 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z On the observation train, in a press car full of Washington coaches, alumni, and sportswriters, George Pocock and Tom Bolles paced up and down the aisle. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z But pretty soon what happened is that we started fighting about who gets into the observation unit,” Reilly went on. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z But more recent observations by Ricardo Giacconi may have resolved the X-ray glow into individual points, perhaps an immense horde of distant quasars. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z He laughed at himself, thinking his observation brilliant. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z —That’s a wonderful observation, B. J. See, Shakespeare isn’t so bad. Tears of a Tiger 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Halloa being a general observation which I had usually observed to be best answered by itself, I said, “Halloa!” politely omitting young fellow. Great Expectations 1861-08-01T00:00:00Z I was on my way to the Medica for observation but decided I’d rather be late for my class than miss the opportunity to speak with him. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z Unlike the man on the observation platform, they didn’t hesitate. Stormbreaker 2000-09-04T00:00:00Z The worst moments in life are heralded by small observations. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z We would learn that Ralph could never let a meeting end without dropping some final dramatic insight, observation, or prediction. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z Students were advised to leave early, as travel might be slowed by the snow-like this was the most astonishing observation of the century. The Wednesday Wars 2007-05-21T00:00:00Z Social observations: very superficial as yet; I have been moving about too much to make coherent social observations. The Left Hand of Darkness 1969-03-01T00:00:00Z White electric ferries made their way back and forth, shuttling fans over to the west side, where an observation train awaited them, its thirteen white-skirted flat cars outfitted with bleachers. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z Venkat strained to hear the audio feed over the murmur of the VIPs in the observation booth. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z He checks on details, wishes us all good luck, then goes to sit in the observation area. Out of My Mind 2010-03-09T00:00:00Z As precision of measurement improved, records had to be kept, so astronomy encouraged observation and mathematics and the development of writing. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z Hubble’s observations suggested that there was a time, called the big bang, when the universe was infinitesimally small and infinitely dense. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z Tuve’s indignation revived Lawrence’s defensiveness: “It would seem,” Ernest replied, “that you are overstating things a bit with the remark that you are unable to check a single one of our observations.” Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z In each room, in addition to an electric fan, a metal table, and folding metal chairs, there are camouflaged microphones, concealed tape recorders, and, set into the door, a mirrored one-way observation window. In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z It is hardly surprising that Tycho, now in his fifties, didn’t make any significant observations here in the short time that remained before his death. The Scientists 2003-10-21T00:00:00Z I should perhaps have found gratifying a little more polite resistance to my observation, but he offered no feint; he denied not her favor and accepted his lot with alacrity. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z Just behind the house, a freight train lumbered past on the railroad tracks that the observation train would follow during the California race. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z Doesn’t try to interrupt the important observations or thinking time that the woods offer. A Bird Will Soar 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z A weather detective is somebody who uses observations and measurements to make theories, and if the theories are right, they will correctly predict weather patterns. The London Eye Mystery 2007-01-01T00:00:00Z But on his return to England, he eventually changed his tune and said that the telescopic observations were much better. The Scientists 2003-10-21T00:00:00Z A letter would have to accompany each newchild, a letter with instructions for the parental unit: feeding information, schedules, discipline reminders, health data, and observations about personality. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z Thus the no boundary proposal is a good scientific theory in the sense of Karl Popper: it could have been falsified by observations but instead its predictions have been confirmed. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z We cannot, at the moment at least, predict the values of these numbers from theory—we have to find them by observation. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z “His sympathy with the grief spoiled his observation,” one of his other sons later wrote about him. Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z Of course, she never realized that until she spent time with Rowan, who, in his own unobtrusive way, was a master of observation. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z It was a distracted observation, as if it didn’t concern me. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z Their conclusion was that anything one could know about an event taking place at a quantum scale was limited to what one could observe—and this knowledge depended on the means of observation. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z Battle planes don’t trouble us, but the observation planes we hate like the plague; they put the artillery to us. All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z However, she added, he seemed to be in good flesh and happy- “ ‘The old woman, a resident of the mountain resort town for ninety-seven years, called this office to report her observation. My Side of the Mountain 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z I am not unschooled in the arts of gallantry, but my lessons were administered through observation rather than practice; and I found myself unpossessed of even the slightest article of sense. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z So Tycho worked out a table of corrections for the instrument from which he could read off the correct measurement corresponding to the incorrect reading obtained by the cross-staff for any observation he made. The Scientists 2003-10-21T00:00:00Z “The thing about Mr. X,” he says, handing me three cracker sandwiches, “is that he’s careful. So observation will only get us so far.” Liar & Spy 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z Everyone had to heat their mystery powders on a heating plate and make observations, so we were all huddled around the powders with our notebooks. Wonder 2012-02-14T00:00:00Z This would require accurate observations over some 18 years, the time it takes for the Moon to complete one cycle of its wanderings against the background stars. The Scientists 2003-10-21T00:00:00Z This seemed like a reasonably astute observation to me when I was eight, but it turns out to be incorrect on a few levels. Will Grayson, Will Grayson 2010-04-06T00:00:00Z I still didn't have anything significant to write about so I just smoked another joint and recorded observations and reflections—just like Sal Paradise. Hole in My Life 2002-03-26T00:00:00Z They acknowledged that further studies would likely show that contamination “will ultimately account completely for our observations.” Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z She continued in very agitated reflections till the sound of Lady Catherine’s carriage made her feel how unequal she was to encounter Charlotte’s observation, and hurried her away to her room. Pride and Prejudice 1813-01-28T00:00:00Z The sun was going down and looking up along the bank as we drove I saw the Austrian observation balloons above the hills on the other side dark against the sunset. A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z Finally leaving behind ancient Aristotelian beliefs, insect scholars had begun to agree with Goedart that direct observation was the only reliable approach to studying natural processes. The Girl Who Drew Butterflies: How Maria Merian's Art Changed Science 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z Thus, according to the American College Dictionary, a fact is ‘something that actually exists; reality’ and also, or alternatively, ‘a truth known by actual experience or observation; something known to be true’. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z He continues: A regular journal carries from one research worker to another the various . . . observations which are of common interest . The Lives of a Cell 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z It was a busy, active life, but with little room for her first love: observation and discovery. The Girl Who Drew Butterflies: How Maria Merian's Art Changed Science 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z This has been made clear by an infinite number of experiments on animals and by observations on human subjects as well. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z “Because the modern world is very picky and the scholars have different opinions, I simply stayed with my own observations.” The Girl Who Drew Butterflies: How Maria Merian's Art Changed Science 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z So he foraged in the cupboard and wrote The Fairies of the Mountain on the back of his father’s notes about barnacles and observations about pigeons and chickens. Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z I never went to find him on the observation deck of the Empire State Building, because I was happier believing he was there than finding out for sure. Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z Nuggets of keen observation and odd tidbits about the ancient world glint in it, too. Words Like Loaded Pistols 2011-10-20T00:00:00Z One observation, though, did not prove that what Tycho had seen was a new star. The Scientists 2003-10-21T00:00:00Z He watched Yanomamo work with stone and steel axes and on the basis of these observations came up with a formula to project the time necessary to cut individual trees with both types of tool. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z We make it to the observation window outside Uriah’s room, and Evelyn is there—Amar picked her up in my stead, a few days ago. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z “Calpurnia,” he said, looking at me, “as a scientist, you must be truthful about your observations.” The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z What I know from my own observations, I don’t really know. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z A wooden plaque in the entryway was engraved in cursive with the words Home Is Where the Heart Is, and the entire house turned out to be festooned in such observations. The Fault in Our Stars 2012-01-10T00:00:00Z As my avatar slowly materialized on my stronghold’s observation deck, I looked down at my virtual body, admiring it like a favorite suit I hadn’t worn in a while. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z “No, I don’t think so. Of course the Elders are so careful in their observations and selections.” The Giver 1993-04-01T00:00:00Z Roger Morris lay about looking sleepy, making gruff observations about Day’s smoking habit. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z Preschoolers are so sophisticated in their viewing behavior that you can determine the stickiness of children’s programming by simple observation. The Tipping Point 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z In his car on the observation train, Ky Ebright was worried. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z Because of my friendships with Kotane, Ismail Meer, and Ruth First, and my observation of their own sacrifices, I was finding it more and more difficult to justify my prejudice against the party. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Meaning, she made a lot of “clever observations” about people behind their backs. Auggie & Me 2015-07-20T00:00:00Z I wish I had a lab notebook to write my observations in, the kind with graph paper like the colegio students have. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z On the other hand, you can disprove a theory by finding even a single observation that disagrees with the predictions of the theory. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z My brother’s friends always started out vaguely good-looking, but all it took was a single week of focused observation before these dudes made me want to barricade myself in my room. A Very Large Expanse of Sea 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z Supporters of Garfield's doctors rushed to their defense, saying that the negative comments were not based on direct observation of the patient or of the autopsy. Ambushed! 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z “If you want a student of observation, you should have chosen Rowan.” Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z A glance toward the observation pavilion at the edge of the practice ground reveals why we’re being worked like rented girls. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z It seems like I finally have interesting stuff to write in my observation journal. A Good Kind of Trouble 2019-03-12T00:00:00Z Perhaps from this mentality, as well as from uncritical literal copying, came the medieval habit of reporting reported observations and experiments as if they were original. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z Defeasible knowledge, knowledge that might be corrected in the light of new observations, was merely opinion or probability. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z But today it was a little more than mere observation. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z Oppie’s startled host replied that Ernest “had always seemed to my observation to be a very picture of the extrovert, the satisfied man, the man of bounce and buoyancy.” Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z On the way home they stopped on the lonely Atlantic outcrop of St. Helena, where they met Maskelyne, whose observations had been thwarted by cloud cover. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z Now the only people left on the observation deck were me, a litde boy with his parents, the park ranger, and the fat lady with her Chihuahua. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z Like all Xhosa children, I acquired knowledge mainly through observation. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z “You know how to use it as an intercom. But do you know how to use it as an observation tool?” Liar & Spy 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z I shrug.“It’s not an insult. Just my observation.” Fish in a Tree 2015-02-05T00:00:00Z Questions, observations, the locations of blisters and rashes—everything is delivered as though it were an announcement. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z Every single day during those five war years he would write several pages of comment and observation about the events of the time. Boy: Tales of a Childhood 1984-01-01T00:00:00Z Rather than rehash them, I’d like to make some general observations. Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z In less than a year she’d shot down eleven enemy planes by herself, as well as an observation balloon. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z It seemed dangerous to her, even if she didn’t quite put so fine a point on her observation. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z In the summer of that year, Halley visited Flamsteed in London, and he assisted him with observations, including two lunar eclipses on 27 June and 21 December. The Scientists 2003-10-21T00:00:00Z But unlike many Pythagoreans, he believed in observation and experiment in the real world. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z I told Mom and Dad about it later when we were walking home, and they thought it was a funny observation. Wonder 2012-02-14T00:00:00Z The theory was a good scientific theory, in the sense described in Chapter 1: it was simple and it made definite predictions that could be tested by observation. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z Roman's observation underscores how difficult it is for those of us preoccupied with the humdrum concerns of adulthood to recall how forcefully we were once buffeted by the passions and longings of youth. Into the Wild 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z But no mention was made of the implications of these observations. The Scientists 2003-10-21T00:00:00Z Chief spoke with a triumphant tone, mundane observations delivered as grand discoveries, while Nneoma listened and smiled and agreed. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z He wrote down his observations about them in a book he had titled Crawling and Flying Things. The City of Ember 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z Each of these partial theories describes and predicts a certain limited class of observations, neglecting the effects of other quantities, or representing them by simple sets of numbers. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z For example, very accurate observations of the planet Mercury revealed a small difference between its motion and the predictions of Newton’s theory of gravity. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z ‘Our Knowledge’, in Locke’s phrase, which must conform to observation, experience and testimony, is knowledge as acquaintance, but Locke still hankers over justified true belief. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z Cheers began to rise from the semicircle of boats ahead, from the beaches, from the observation train working its way along the shore, and—loudest of all—from the ferryboat chock-full of students. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z “And my nice, sweet, wonderful, lovable big brother is going to build me an observation post in the cherry tree so I can observe the wildlife.” Crash 1996-03-19T00:00:00Z “Yeah, all right. Just get me her address. And listen, they’re going to keep Victor overnight for observation. So you can come and pick him up tomorrow, okay?” Bodega Dreams 2000-03-14T00:00:00Z I figured he was making the observation post Abby had been pestering me about. Crash 1996-03-19T00:00:00Z The use of videotape in conjunction with systematic observation of children’s overt, physical responses to music: A research model for early childhood music education. Music and the Child 2016-06-14T00:00:00Z He had been interested in emotions and expressions in people and in animals since his first notebook jottings, through the observations of animals and his own children. Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z From my observations there looks to be three that are moving well, the rest of the group kind of straggling behind. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z Grim has it fixed in his head I'm at a dangerous age and they need to keep me under observation. Freak The Mighty 1993-10-01T00:00:00Z The fruit of our investigation must agree with our observations; otherwise we cannot be sure that we are right. History of Art, Volume 1 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z But I doubt the professor was much impressed by my observation that, “When you chop a chicken’s head off, you shouldn’t smile because you might get blood and feathers in your mouth.” Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z At the end of the party they piled the peasants onto wooden carts and hauled them off to vote, under careful observation, amidst much joking and laughter. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z We rushed inside, bought tickets, and rode the elevator up to the observation deck. The Million Dollar Shot 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z At first he did nothing about his observation. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z “Why don’t I rise? That were your observation when I broke it off, Pip?” Great Expectations 1861-08-01T00:00:00Z Through what Kaz now understood had been an observation window, he saw another city guard standing in front of an empty table and two overturned chairs. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z They explained their methods so clearly that, when better observations were available, more accurate answers could be derived. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z It was not the first time he had made this observation. Murder on the Orient Express 1934-01-01T00:00:00Z At 2:15 p.m. an observation train left University Station and made its way to 125th Street for the start of the two-mile freshman race. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z If he wanted to combine his love of medicine with anthropology, recording his observations, testing his academic theories, he thought, there was perhaps no better laboratory in the Western Hemisphere. Mountains Beyond Mountains 2013-04-13T00:00:00Z I just sit there like a fool, making small talk and boring observations about stray animals, hoping I don’t embarrass myself with my limited Spanish vocabulary. I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z She was obliged to break off from these very pleasant observations, which were otherwise of a sort to run into great length, by the eagerness of Harriet’s wondering questions. Emma 1815-12-23T00:00:00Z “One of us has to say something soon. Ideally a witty or brilliant observation,” Kareem says. Love, Hate & Other Filters 2018-01-16T00:00:00Z When you arrived, you received no specific information about the inmate under observation—just the special-watch logbook, the only reading ma-terial the officer was allowed to have. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z Proper naked-eye observations of novae and comets could produce results incompatible with celestial-sphere astronomy, but these results were irrelevant to planetary predictions. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z “Well,” he said, “I have to note my observations in the log. And you, as my collaborator, may also make a note on this red-letter day.” The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z Some entomologists believe that the ant’s food habits have changed as it has become more abundant, so that observations made several decades ago have little value now. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z In regular speeches, we commonly offer observations, first of all, for and against witnesses in general. Words Like Loaded Pistols 2011-10-20T00:00:00Z The doctors are keeping him under observation, but Dad says he’s going to be released soon. Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z From the description recorded by Gervase, it is possible to pinpoint the sector of the Moon to which the observations refer. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z Then he was deposited in his own room for observation overnight. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z The teenage boy and the man are as close to wild animal observation as anything I've seen. Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z “I did know that, but thanks for those observations, Anna.” Because of Mr. Terupt 2010-10-11T00:00:00Z That weekend, however, spurred on by his new mania for observation, Chapter Eleven took a new interest in me. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z In the press coach on the observation train, Al Ulbrickson watched silently. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z I looked at her and thought about Daisy’s observation about uniforms. Turtles All the Way Down 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z “That’s why I’m talking to you. You are one of the rare people who can separate your observation from your preconception. You see what is, where most people see what they expect.” East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z During her time in the tank, she spoke and moved little, only offering the occasional observation. Women in Space 2014-02-01T00:00:00Z While his brain was contemplating this morbid observation, Butler’s gun hand was coming up. Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z One morning I started my formal observations, beginning at 125th Street and the Hudson River. Bad Boy 2001-05-08T00:00:00Z But observation and historical records have failed to uncover a single case of a state’s being formed in that ethereal atmosphere of dispassionate farsightedness. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z As philosopher of science Karl Popper has emphasized, a good theory is characterized by the fact that it makes a number of predictions that could in principle be disproved or falsified by observation. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z When I got home after making my rather scanty “observations,” I went up to the roof and decided to record what I saw on the street below. Bad Boy 2001-05-08T00:00:00Z These led to observation decks and to adjoining refineries studded with less impressive stacks. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z All the observations he made—on himself, his children, the animals and plants around him—were in service to his theory of natural selection. Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z Lowell and Schiaparelli and others, doing visual observations under difficult seeing conditions, were misled—in part perhaps because of a predisposition to believe in life on Mars. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z Dauntless stalked her with Captain Candless making small talk over the ship radios and making friendly observations on the state of the weather during hurricane season. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z From his own observations he noted the ramparts sur Brahe wrote: “I have been occupied in alchemy, as much as by the celestial studies, from my 23rd year.” Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z Before this observation, scientists had thought that only humans could make tools. My Life with the Chimpanzees 1988-03-01T00:00:00Z Not a word did she say, however, till her mother found her in tears one day, and insisted on knowing what the matter was, for Meg’s drooping spirits had not escaped her observation. Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z It closed with the ominous observation that German scientists might have already started working on such a project. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z It wasn’t the kind of wood for making an observation post in a tree, which Abby has been pestering me about. Crash 1996-03-19T00:00:00Z The longer the baseline from which we make our two observations, the greater the parallax and the better we can measure the distance to remote objects. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z His observations of the Keepers’ activities and his understanding of the factory’s machinery showed an intelligent mind. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z Tycho’s observations of the apparent motion of Mars and other planets through the constellations were made over a period of many years. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z Mother made a few observations about the food, then she laughed nervously and was silent. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z The development of science on Earth was spurred fundamentally by observations of the regularities of the stars and planets. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z As the observation train drew back upriver again for the start of the varsity race, the atmosphere grew electric, the dusky sky crackling with static. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z Many Ionians believed the underlying harmony of the universe to be accessible through observation and experiment, the method that dominates science today. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z From my observation, the older you get, the more you like the word cozy. Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z Another observation is that I’ve never gotten in trouble for lying. Liar, Liar 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z If that wasn’t a quote from somewhere, if that was one of his own observations...then he’d lied about not standing up to Cliff for me. Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z Resting up between crucial observations, Rachel was studying the tails of her hair very closely for split ends. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z The secret to a successful group collaboration is a dynamic, responsive leader, and the key to being a good leader is acute observation and subtle manipulation—so subtle that no one knows they’re being manipulated. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z We got off at the observation deck on the forty-second floor to find that the garden, which loomed so large to its tenders, was hopelessly hidden from view by buildings. Seedfolks 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z “Now that’s a brilliant observation. We’ve got some mosquito netting, and I could sew some of that around the top, find some way to fasten it so you could open and close it.” Ruby Holler 2002-02-01T00:00:00Z He hated the chaplain venomously for being a chaplain and making a coarse blunder out of an observation that in any other circumstances, he knew, would have been considered witty and urbane. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z The plateau has never been carefully excavated, but observations by geographers Woods and Joseph McCann of the New School in New York City indicate that it is thick with ceramics. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z The Washington marching band now took up a position in the observation room, switched on the microphones, and began to play dance music. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z Al Ulbrickson was quietly pacing the shoreline, waiting to board the press car on the observation train with George Pocock and Tom Bolles, when a reporter approached and asked him whether he was nervous. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z After a few minutes of dipping pH strips in water and noting our observations on paper, Justin looked up. The Thing About Jellyfish 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z She was a deductive mastermind, he supposed, but her gift wasn’t honed from training her mind for acute observation. The Last Last-Day-of-Summer 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z “It’s my observation that children always surprise us,” said Lee. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z “Dearie me, old lad, no need to be so touchy! Merely making a military observation, y’know.” Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z He wrote down all his observations and many years later would publish them in The Expression of the Emotions in Man and Animals. Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z She kept her eyes closed and lay on the floor of the observation deck. Raymie Nightingale 2016-04-12T00:00:00Z Ifemelu humored them, listening to their observations and memories, and hoped that neither of them would bring up Blaine; she had told them a work issue had delayed his visit. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z Though due to her height some people may find the subject’s gender at first glance somewhat indeterminate, any prolonged observation would result in a decision that she was indeed a girl. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z "Yeah, how do all these observations help me?" Things Not Seen 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z When she was not making her office building sparkle, she was melding the print stories with her keen observation of the people around her. Jazz 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z The observation excited the attention of the Austrian Erwin Schrödinger, who made some deft refinements and devised a handy system called wave mechanics. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z Garfield learned about military leadership through experience and observation of the professional soldiers around him. Ambushed! 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z Radio observations show two enormous clouds of hydrogen gas, enough to make millions of suns, plummeting out from the galactic core, as if a mild explosion happened there every now and then. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z “Did you speak from your own observation,” said she, “when you told him that my sister loved him, or merely from my information last spring?” Pride and Prejudice 1813-01-28T00:00:00Z I share the Rebecca memory, but don’t tell her my observations about Justin, because she already knows those things, whether or not she admits them to me or herself. Every Day 2012-08-28T00:00:00Z I can see her intelligence in every question she asks me and every observation she makes. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z I felt as if I’d been working out a giant scientific mystery all this time, and I hadn’t even known it, and now all my questions and observations and data were click-click-clicking. The Science of Breakable Things 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z In 1602 Tycho Brahe published his Instruments for the Restoration of Astronomy, which provided elaborate illustrations of the new instruments he had devised for conducting astronomical observations. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z He also described the structure of feathers, the nature of a butterfly’s wing and the compound eye of the fly, among many observations of the living world. The Scientists 2003-10-21T00:00:00Z On careful observation, I see his tongue has been pierced, too, and he wears a stud with a silver ball the size of a marble. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z The cell was just like the ones on the top level of the prison, but the observation panel was on the other side—a large mirror that took up half of the opposite wall. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z I intend to draw Miss Trixie out rather shortly; 1 suspect that this Medusa of capitalism has many valuable insights and more than one pithy observation to offer. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z In general, quantum mechanics does not predict a single definite result for an observation. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z Gilly ran a finger over the wrinkled brown leather, which could almost have been a piece of Mr. Randolph, but the observation seemed too raw, so she kept it to herself. The Great Gilly Hopkins 1978-03-28T00:00:00Z An example of a much more difficult invention is writing, which does not suggest itself by observation of any natural material. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z Upon arriving home he noted that his barnyard was full of seaweed, which then prompted a characteristically indiscreet observation: He had made “a good exchange...honors and virtues for manure.” Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z All day the sky is hung with observation balloons. All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z Radar observations of Chryse were made for the first time—because of the geometry of Earth and Mars—only a few weeks before the nominal landing date. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z Bohr’s model corresponded to experimental observation only for the very simplest atom, hydrogen, which had only one proton and one electron. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z It says: “Reversion to pleasure- pain basis,” and this is from some observation of another time. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z I recognized her immediately as the mother of the little boy who’d been on the observation deck. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z The chief difference between them and our modern scientific myth of the Big Bang is that science is self-questioning, and that we can perform experiments and observations to test our ideas. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z “Let me lay out some observations for you,” she says. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z Within two days the observation platform was designed and built and lifted into place. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z The chaos disrupted my ability to focus, pulling me instead from reaction to observation. Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z Somewhere along the way, Twig slipped into Announcer Mode, whispering observations into Dari’s and my ears. The Science of Breakable Things 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z A measure of objectivity entered into my observations of white men and women. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z But these observations were too subtle for a six-year-old, especially one who wanted to believe. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z The doctors wanted me under "observation" for at least twenty-four hours, just in case. City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z I whirl around, and now I don’t know how I missed it: a wooden observation deck, up a short ramp, overlooking the lake. Leah on the Offbeat 2018-04-24T00:00:00Z The observation train began to fill up, though this year the open-sided cars were not as popular as the enclosed coaches, which promptly reached capacity. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z Later, we went and climbed up an observation tower over the farm. Feed 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z On the other hand, science is based on experience; it is open to correction by observation and experiment. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z In the first hint that radio time isn’t moving at the same speed as reality, the announcer says that the Chicago observation occurred at 7:40 p.m., Spooked! 2018-08-07T00:00:00Z Many of the entries in the brief, perplexing diary recovered with the body were terse observations of flora and fauna, which fueled speculation that McCandless was a field biologist. Into the Wild 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z They took their observations of planetary movement to be good evidence for the reality of epicycles. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z Although this technique is rather dubious mathematically, it does seem to work in practice, and has been used with these theories to make predictions that agree with observations to an extraordinary degree of accuracy. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z It was a miraculous find, and what made it all the more striking was that the observations on which Lowell had predicted the existence of a planet beyond Neptune proved to be comprehensively erroneous. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z The quiet counting of the stars, and observation of their movements, came first from desert places. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z Lowell’s observations were made under extremely difficult seeing conditions. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z “I’ve never used it. You can use it to write down your scientific observations. You’re a regular naturalist in the making.” The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z They take me to Intensive Care and wheel Mateo off to the morgue for observation. They Both Die at the End 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z Astrology developed into a strange combination of observations, mathematics and careful record-keeping with fuzzy thinking and pious fraud. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z In recent years, infrared observations have revealed a number of likely preplanetary disk-shaped clouds of gas and dust around some of the nearby stars. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z Gogol does not find this observation particularly reassuring. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z For all the fine rhythms and nice observations, nothing much happens after a beginning that has such promise. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z He had not been back to Nigeria in years and perhaps he needed the consolation of those online groups, where small observations flared and blazed into attacks, personal insults flung back and forth. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z “I’m going to have to start charging you for my gems. Anyway, I don’t think that’s ‘refreshing’ so much as an accurate, objective observation.” From Twinkle, with Love 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z One day Mom will tell me the complicated, messy truth of herself, and I’ll analyze those last few observations, and we will swing forward—into the us that is always changing, always growing. The Science of Breakable Things 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z Since she was the only one in the group who had actually died and come back to life, her observation sort of killed the mood. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z As in many folk observations, there was some evidence for this. Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z Newer maximums and mediums and many older ones have ceiling-mounted chemical agent dispensers in case of riot, and often an officer in an observation booth who can activate them. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z I looked up when he said this, startled by such a pathetically inadequate observation. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z She had the curiosity of a true scientist, the patience it took to raise insects, and the superb artistic skill necessary to share her observations. The Girl Who Drew Butterflies: How Maria Merian's Art Changed Science 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z He preferred to present his evidence and let the observations speak for themselves, convinced that sooner rather than later even the Church of Rome would have to accept the implications. The Scientists 2003-10-21T00:00:00Z The physician refused to let him go, and rushed the uncooperative jockey to a hospital in San Mateo, where attendants tried to hold him for observation. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z I’m just making what they call objective observations. Liar, Liar 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z “Sorry. That sounded rude. I didn't mean it in a bad way; it was a stupid observation.” Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z Pages and pages of observations, recounting his experiences, mostly so he will not forget them but also to capture something of the circus on paper, something he can hold on to. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z “The only reliable approach to the study of the natural process is through one’s own observations.” The Girl Who Drew Butterflies: How Maria Merian's Art Changed Science 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z The engineer on the observation train laid a hand on the throttle. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z Most of the species she discovered were unknown to Europeans at the time, and her observations were widely quoted and discussed. The Girl Who Drew Butterflies: How Maria Merian's Art Changed Science 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z All of that knowledge is acquired by observation and by trial and error. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z There is one last observation I would like to make. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z Between the day’s observations, deductions, and next steps, this maneuver was the most complicated yet. The Last Last-Day-of-Summer 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z The gun-emplacements are camouflaged with bushes against aerial observation, and look like a kind of military Feast of the Tabernacles. All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z Because we can compare his observations with our retrodiction of the location of the moons of Jupiter when he was observing them. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z So they opened another section, called the observation unit, where they could put a patient for half a day or so under the most basic care. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z But in Boo’s case, the observation rang true. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z The cafe windows wrapped all the way around the observation floor, which gave us a beautiful panoramic view of the skeletal army that had come to kill us. The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z Mom and Mr. Stokely said they were going to go around the other side of the observation deck and look at Brooklyn, where Mr. Stokely grew up. The Million Dollar Shot 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z As he later recorded in his diary: All operations other than feeding, observation and cleaning were to be suspended. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z The astronomical observations were direct evidence for the accuracy of the Copernican model. The Scientists 2003-10-21T00:00:00Z The auditions move quickly, except when Volpe slows the pace with observations about the material. Drama High 2013-09-26T00:00:00Z The miniatures on the walls revealed their subject matter under closer observation. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z Having discovered almost by accident that elliptical orbits fit the observations well, he could not reconcile them with his idea that the planets were made to orbit the sun by magnetic forces. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z She probably could’ve stayed up there for hours, but luckily for me the park ranger announced that the observation deck would be closing in a few minutes. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z The scientists could determine if plutonium was present only by reading its trace radioactive signature; this was science performed not by observation but by deduction. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z He had been manning an observation post 5.7 miles from the mountain, but he had a college placement interview on May 18 in California, and so had left the site the day before the eruption. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z Not a whisper of disturbance could be allowed into the room containing the apparatus, so Cavendish took up a position in an adjoining room and made his observations with a telescope aimed through a peephole. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z I know he’s been through hell and back, and yet somehow the observation rubs me the wrong way. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z They stop to wave back at the row of relatives waving madly from the observation deck, little cousins propped up on uncles’ shoulders. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z But in 1929, Edwin Hubble made the landmark observation that wherever you look, distant galaxies are moving rapidly away from us. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z De Vries quickly realized the importance of his observation: these mutants had to be the missing pieces in Darwin’s puzzle. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z Because science is based upon observation and experiment, some critics argue that string theory is not science but philosophy. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z If you made careful observations of the stars and recorded them over many years, you could predict the seasons. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z Scientists onboard had successfully conducted hundreds of experiments and undertaken thousands of observations. Ugly 2013-08-20T00:00:00Z It took me a long time before I could get close enough to the chimps to make good observations. My Life with the Chimpanzees 1988-03-01T00:00:00Z Contemporary observations are changing our understanding of planetary systems, and it is important that our nomenclature for objects reflect our current understanding. Auggie & Me 2015-07-20T00:00:00Z Soon, with even more chimps coming to camp, I needed other people to help with the observations. My Life with the Chimpanzees 1988-03-01T00:00:00Z On the twenty-first, Worsley’s astronomical observations indicated that they had crossed the Antarctic Circle. Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World 1998-11-17T00:00:00Z Regiomontanus grasped that an astronomer does not have to travel in order to get two observation points that are, in effect, far apart. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z How could other astronomers—some of whom said they had not examined Lowell’s maps closely until after their own observations— have drawn the same canals? Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z Overall, though, there was little that coincided with Jacob’s stories or my own observations. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z In the 1960s, however, interest in the large-scale problems of astronomy and cosmology was revived by a great increase in the number and range of astronomical observations brought about by the application of modern technology. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z No matter what sound-making device is placed at their disposal, creatures in general do a great deal of gabbling, and it requires long patience and observation to edit out the parts lacking syntax and sense. The Lives of a Cell 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z Mesopotamia had a legacy of astronomical observation going back at least a thousand years before the classical era. Circumference 2008-11-25T00:00:00Z “I’ve got you, eh? You’ve made quite a few telescopic observations since being put together, Cutie. Have you noticed that several of those specks of light outside become disks when so viewed?” I, Robot 1950-12-02T00:00:00Z That had certainly been the occasion to interject his critical facility in assessing the meaning of experimental observations—but he had said nothing useful. Double Helix 1968-02-27T00:00:00Z With the scientific revolution, the purely logical world gave way to an empirical one, based upon observation rather than philosophy. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z After three years of calculation, he believed he had found the correct values for a Martian circular orbit, which matched ten of Tycho’s observations within two minutes of arc. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z It is no longer necessary to guess about the storage of insecticides in the eggs of birds, which obviously lend themselves to this kind of observation more readily than the mammalian ovum. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z She lifted her left foot above the chair for Lillian’s observation. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z Watson, Nel, and Hewitt have collected large numbers of termites in the field and placed them together for observation, in groups and pairs. The Lives of a Cell 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z Finally, clinging to the black, oily surface of the observation platform at the back of the crusher, he dragged himself clear and managed to stand up. Stormbreaker 2000-09-04T00:00:00Z “Dear me!” said the old lady, putting up her glass for another observation of Meg, who tried to look as if she had not heard and been rather shocked at Mrs. Moffat’s fibs. Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z Cattle carcasses, flayed and butterflied, flitted past the wide observation window. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z In spite of this, Tycho was not to be distracted from his life’s work, and was making observations from Helsingborg Castle by the end of December that year. The Scientists 2003-10-21T00:00:00Z The Pythagorean fascination with whole-number ratios in musical harmonies seems clearly to be based on observation, or even experiment on the sounds issued from plucked strings. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z I may there discover the wondrous power which attracts the needle and may regulate a thousand celestial observations that require only this voyage to render their seeming eccentricities consistent for ever. Frankenstein 1818-01-01T00:00:00Z Next comes this observation from my sister Ruth May: “Nobody here’s got very many teeth.” The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z This was a small observation she had made, but also not so small. The Ugly One 2013-06-11T00:00:00Z When observation fails to align with a truth, what do you trust—your senses or your truth? Turtles All the Way Down 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z The so-called “GPs” grew up in this community, their worlds saturated by experiments and observation and learning. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z In the late 1880s, Galton boldly synthesized all his observations into his most mature hypothesis on heredity. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z Preserved Maya writing was similarly devoted to propaganda, births and accessions and victories of kings, and astronomical observations of priests. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z She was often chartered for special moonlight cruises, during which an elaborate loudspeaker system piped live music from the observation room throughout the ship. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z Both schools of thought are castles in the air, connected to the ground by the thin strings of meagre archaeological remains and anthropological observations of present-day foragers. Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z In a sense, the Ptolemaic system does make a prediction that can be tested by observation. The Scientists 2003-10-21T00:00:00Z It instantly began broadcasting conversations between ground control and the B-29 observation planes. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z One of the problems, ironically, was that there were too many observations, which when brought together often proved contradictory and impossible to resolve. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z The man is, in any event, by all accounts a fool: too fantastical of temperament and childish of observation to merit trust; but too trusting to merit confidence. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I: The Pox Party 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z If I analyzed all those observations, all that data, that was the cold, hard truth. The Science of Breakable Things 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z I direct these observations to officers and tycoons, also. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z Thus Smoot is tempted to conclude that the Big Bang was much less uniform than his other observations suggest, that the original distribution of matter in the universe was very lumpy. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z “We have orders to sort and store by age for efficient observation.” The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z New observations in the next few years, particularly by gravitational wave detectors like LIGO, should enable us to discover the origin of the gamma ray bursts. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z From this one can extract another notable observation: princes must delegate distasteful tasks to others, while pleasant ones they should keep for themselves. The Prince 2008-06-01T00:00:00Z First observation: the tombstone was old and worn. Shelter (Book One): A Mickey Bolitar Novel 2011-09-15T00:00:00Z Beth took an observation of the new boys and decided that the lame one was not ‘dreadful’, but gentle and feeble, and she would be kind to him on that account. Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z How can we account for the empirical observation that band or tribal organization just does not work for societies of hundreds of thousands of people, and that all existing large societies have complex centralized organization? Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z The boy preserved worldly truism and matter-of-fact observations about the weather with equal zeal. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z It was during this time that Doc made an observation which may have been true, but since there was one factor missing in his reasoning it is not known whether he was correct. Cannery Row 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z One can therefore make detailed models of objects that might contain black holes and compare the predictions of the models with observations. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z She had half a mind to resent; but an instant’s observation convinced her that it was really said only to relieve his own feelings, and not meant to provoke; and therefore she let it pass. Emma 1815-12-23T00:00:00Z The observation balloons have spotted the smoke from our chimney, and the shells start to drop on us. All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z These can be studied directly, by anthropological observation. Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z In principle, this provided a way to calculate the distance to the Sun by a variation on the theme of parallax, but these early observations were not accurate enough for the results to be definitive. The Scientists 2003-10-21T00:00:00Z Thomas also studied the heavens himself, and made observations of a supernova seen in 1572, some of which were used by Tycho Brahe in his analysis of that event. The Scientists 2003-10-21T00:00:00Z Instead of reconciling these contradictory observations, he had laid the issue before his colleagues. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z As the mathematicians turned their attention from observation to experiment, from astronomy to physics, they found they required a new set of intellectual tools, a new language. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z When he was again in their company, he could not help remembering what he had seen; nor could he avoid observations which, unless it were like Cowper and his fire at twilight, Emma 1815-12-23T00:00:00Z “In a kind of way. I’ve been to the North several times. Last year I spent three months in Greenland making observations of the Aurora.” The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z It must accurately describe a large class of observations on the basis of a model that contains only a few arbitrary elements, and it must make definite predictions about the results of future observations. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z These supernova results are preliminary, but they are getting more solid with each observation. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z Kepler’s laws were empirical, based upon the painstaking observations of Tycho Brahe. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z “Here, note the date and time, your observations in this column, and then place your signature below.” The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z The first farmers were heirs to that knowledge, accumulated through tens of thousands of years of nature observation by biologically modern humans living in intimate dependence on the natural world. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z With the Earth the center of the Universe, with creation pivoted about terrestrial events, with the heavens imagined constructed on utterly unearthly principles, there was little motivation for astronomical observations. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z I was trained in observation, not in reaction. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I: The Pox Party 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z The silence of the long drive was broken only by an occasional observation from Meaghan. 145th Street: Short Stories 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z I told him some reason, but not that one notebook was things he said for his book and the other was for my various personal observations about him; very likely he would have become self-conscious. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z At the top of the Arch, the observation deck reminded me of a tin can with carpeting. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z The guard still stood in the doorway of his observation booth, and when I turned he lifted his arm in a salute. The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z This is one of the great secrets, wrested from Nature through a million years of patient observation and courageous thinking by our ancestors. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z Some pages she left blank for future notes and observations. The Girl Who Drew Butterflies: How Maria Merian's Art Changed Science 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z Sometimes it is subtle—the simple observation of who lives where and works what jobs and who does not. Between the World and Me 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z Buffon’s observations found surprisingly eager support among other writers, especially those whose conclusions were not complicated by actual familiarity with the country. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z So many talents, so many different attractions, so much money, elegance, and beauty on display, but—and it’s a trivial observation—this multitude of desiderata is inevitably spread out among a large group of people. Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z Reporters from far-flung cities wired the same observation back to their editors, and stories of delight and awe began to percolate through the most remote towns. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z On other missions, Oshiro was sent out with an observation ground team to track B-52 bombing strikes. Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z Not to be deterred, he used himself as a specimen, just like Jenny, and made observations. Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z My life was written on paper and preserved on paper—all those bloody scholars scratching their notes and their thoughts and their observations. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z It’s such a mundane, ordinary observation—but that’s what stops me. Every Day 2012-08-28T00:00:00Z He does, it is true, mention a small number of modern inventions—stirrups, the compass, clocks, gunpowder, printing—but he has almost nothing to say about new observations, new explanations or new proofs. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z Usually, all it took was some observation and a few leading comments, and his clients would practically tell him what they wanted to hear. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z And since Meteor Crater, Arizona, an impact crater about a kilometer across, has been found to be twenty or thirty thousand years old, the observations on the Earth are in agreement with such crude calculations. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z So at first Kepler tried to explain the observations by imagining that the Earth and Mars moved in circular orbits about the Sun. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z It was David Greybeard who provided me with my most exciting observation. My Life with the Chimpanzees 1988-03-01T00:00:00Z Economist Glenn Loury made this observation in his book The Anatomy of Racial Inequality. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z It was an observation that someone else might easily have ignored. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z Their emotional certainty seemed buttressed by access to a fund of knowledge denied to ordinary men, but a day’s observation of their activities was sufficient to reveal all their thought processes. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z “But you have the soldier’s observation for detail. You notice without noticing, so to speak.” Murder on the Orient Express 1934-01-01T00:00:00Z McMillan’s initial observations suggested that 94 would be exceptionally long lived, which was both a drawback and, in terms of the war effort, a virtue. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z Less than a minute later, another avatar appeared, through a set of automatic doors on the opposite side of the observation deck. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z I dress in a bathroom on the observation and analysis floor. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z I would dearly love to read the reactions, the observations of each and every person who walks through the gates of Le Cirque des Rêves, to know what they see and hear and feel. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z ‘In every human observation,’ I explained, ‘there is a margin of error. This is because our senses are not foolproof. In fact, some people believe that one hundred per cent certainty is impossible to achieve.’ The London Eye Mystery 2007-01-01T00:00:00Z Mathew Carey went around town noting carefully what was happening and would later turn these observations into a written history of the epidemic. An American Plague: The True and Terrifying Story of the Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1793 2003-06-23T00:00:00Z Ajarry made a science of her own black body and accumulated observations. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z My mother would later make an observation about the Stewarts and their new community, based on the fact that almost all of their neighbors on the street seemed to be white. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z There is no moral in these observations, nor any warning. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z |
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