Defined simply, the word gestalt means any structure or configuration of physical, biological, or psychological phenomena so integrated as to constitute a functional unit with properties not derivable from its parts in summation. It also refers to the...

The term Gestalt, a German word with no precise translation into English, as a noun indicates a whole object or total configuration. It is a term used to indicate the importance of the whole object rather than the component parts and is neatly...

Gestalt is the German word for ‘configuration’. At the beginning of the twentieth century a school of psychology, developed in Germany, was later referred to as ‘Gestalt psychology’. Its main assumption was that the human brain...

Gestalt is a German word that can be translated into English in various...

It was a night to remember.When JetBlue Airways stranded hundreds of passengers on two planes on the runway at New York's John F. Kennedy Airport during a Feb. 14, 2007, snowstorm, it suffered a public relations disaster that nearly sent it into a tailspin.Upscale fliers...

Compiled as testament to the “belief in the story as a system of knowledge,” E.L. Doctorow’s book of essays provides a superb overview both of American literature and of the themes the author has taken up over his long and prolific career. Like his earlier...

Compiled as testament to the “belief in the story as a system of knowledge,” E.L. Doctorow’s book of essays provides a superb overview both of American literature and of the themes the author has taken up over his long and prolific career. Like his earlier...

In television news, as in life, the most successful people are often the ones who never seem to shut up. For example, Al Roker. “So you’re saying the brown waffles are better,” Mr. Roker asked a nutritionist who was trying to explain the health benefits...