Agnes Pockels was a self-taught physicist who conducted her experiments at home, publishing her findings in numerous papers over a 40-year period. Her pioneering work on surface films laid the foundation for future work in this field. Pockels was born...

Agnes Martin PACEWILDENSTEIN GALLERY It's rare indeed to see twenty-two works by the late Agnes Martin in the same place at the same time, but a recent show at Pace Wildenstein Gallery was also unusual in juxtaposing very early works with works...

Excerpts from "the first rough draft of history" as reported in The Washington Post on this date in the 20th century. As far as hurricanes go, Agnes was not much of a tempest -- only a Category 1 storm when it hit Florida on...