Here I was complaining about something so minuscule like studying while he was dealing with real life problems.
If you look at the kinds of minuscule images Galileo studied, and see the patient drawings he made of Saturn's rings or the Moon's mountains, you understand just how extraordinary a mind it took to construct such a cosmic order out of such limited material.
On the other hand, the effects in the study are minuscule, among the smallest statistically significant results ever published.
We slept and studied in minuscule, antiqued dorm rooms (rumors had it that there'd once been maid service), explored the unstaffed library at whim, and played impromptu (possibly drunken) games of late-night squash in the courts in the college's basement.
To obtain the data, the author of that study asked adults if their parents ever had a "romantic" same-sex relationship, casting a net wide enough to capture not only those raised by same-sex parents -- who actually made up a minuscule percentage of the study's participants -- but those who grew up in ostensibly straight households.
However, despite emerging consensus that such a holistic approach is essential to provide the framework of predictive toxicology, the number of successful case studies is still minuscule [ 7- 9].
Previous studies have shown that minuscule particles of metal or other materials, directed to a tumor and then manipulated by lasers or magnetic fields, can kill off malignant cells by heating them up.
An increasing amount of studies suggest that even minuscule amounts of pesticides can wreak havoc on the developing body -- resulting in hormone problems, learning disabilities, and possibly autism.
Rendered with zillions of minuscule, multicolored brushstrokes, the objects under study assume a robust, earthy palpability that one imagines Henry David Thoreau would have appreciated.
Given, however, that far more people eschew exercise than complete decathlons, Dr. Gaesser and his colleagues are studying whether ever more minuscule bouts of exertion can aid in blood pressure control and other measures of health.
