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Panofsky

American  
[pa-nof-skee] / pæˈnɒf ski /

noun

  1. Erwin, 1892–1968, U.S. art historian, born in Germany.


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The movement has found receptive audiences among people in positions of power in the media and policy worlds, Panofsky and his colleagues write.

From Scientific American ● Dec. 22, 2022

In his book Misbehaving Science, Aaron Panofsky, an associate professor in public policy at the University of California, Los Angeles, discusses the strategies that behavioral geneticists use to cope with the failure of molecular genetics.

From Slate ● Feb. 5, 2016

Scrappy, savagely witty, this is written as the memoirs of one Barney Panofsky, a boozy television producer trying to defend himself from accusations of murder.

From The Guardian ● Jul. 13, 2011

It was not until the 1920s, when the German art historian Erwin Panofsky labeled the image Schmerzensmann — Man of Sorrows — that the connection between the phrase and the portrayal of Jesus became standard.

From New York Times ● Mar. 31, 2011

Inside the Mark I, these sparks packed the power of lightning bolts, ripping through the drift tubes and leaving behind what Pief Panofsky described as “spectacular stalagmites and stalactites of copper.”

From "Big Science" by Michael Hiltzik

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