He tackles an equally formidable subject in "The Human Scale," a production of the Public Theater and 3-Legged Dog being presented at the 3LD Art and Technology Center.
IN "Two Moons," Thomas Mallon, one of our finer novelists writing about politics (especially those of the 19th century) and science, takes on a formidable subject: nothing less than the vastness of the universe and the wish to be immortal.
Johnson, who teaches history at Boston College, has taken on a formidable and sensitive subject and has largely conquered it, thanks to indefatigable research and a rigorous, unblinking analysis.
For a slim book, "The Goshawk" has, like its subject, a formidable wingspan.
Moreover, peasant farmers are subject to formidable risks of crop failure, quite apart from the risks associated with the shorter average life span that characterizes developing countries.
Jenny Roberts, who has died aged 75, was a leading health economics researcher in the field of public health issues in the UK, a widely respected teacher and a formidable advocate for her subject.
By creating two formidable works drawn from some overlapping subject matter, Joan resigned herself to passing through a few air pockets on the literary skyways.
Mr. Mortier has also commissioned a formidable modernist, Charles Wuorinen, on a subject with proven populist appeal, "Brokeback Mountain".
Structural masonry has a formidable history, which has been subjected to much analysis by scholars in architecture and engineering.
Dadich writes of Nolan's "formidable intellectual curiosity" and his interest in subjects like maths and physics.
It is difficult — impossible, really — to think of Ms. Malcolm, she of the formidable literary reputation, as just another interview subject.
