Tennant was largely self-educated and developed an early interest in chemistry as a hobby. He is best known for his discovery of two elements, iridium and osmium. In 1781 Tennant spent a year studying at Edinburgh University, where he attended lectures...

ROBERT SMITHSON MUSEUM OF CONTEMPORARY ART, LOS ANGELES Thumb back through the pages of Artforum thirty years ago. "Robert Smithson," declared John Coplans in the first sentence of "The 'Amarillo Ramp,'" "was a problem from the beginning." An odd enough pronouncement, given...

CLEVELAND - To fully appreciate the way Mike Smithson pitched to the Cleveland Indians yesterday, you had to catch him in the sixth inning, when Joe Carter came up swinging recklessly with one out and his team down by five. Carter has an...