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02 January 2004
E-Bulletin Backscatter
That was a wonderful story Sheldon Greaves told about Louis Agassiz and the woman who wanted to do science. My question is, who was that woman? Did she have further successes? And what year did this take place? Thank you.
Dr. Greaves, I read the anecdote to my daughter and I think it scored a hit.
Have you got any more?
Johan Benson
Dear Sheldon,
Your piece titled, "Toward a Paideia of Curiosity" was ... well, I can hardly find the proper superlatives... beautiful, inspirational, and wonderful. It also fills me with hope. If you and I feel this way (and I'm sure others, such as Shawn and Kevin, do as well), then there may be others that grow to that opinion.
What a wonderful piece to end your reign as editor of the E-bulletin. Let me thank you again for all your efforts at the helm over the past few years. That hard work represents a great gift in the service of amateur science. We appreciate you!
Besides an occasional article in the bulletin, what are your plans for the coming year?
Regards,
Peter Baum
Sheldon responds:
Johan, Peter:
Thank you both for your compliments regarding my essay. I confess I was unable to find out who this woman was, although I restricted my research to a fairly superficial web search. Agassiz died in 1873, so that puts an upper bound on when this took place. I will continue to dig into this and see what comes of it. As for other such anecdotes, well, I'll take a look through my files.
I am very grateful to hear that this article has already had some impact. My post-E-Bulletin plans include supplementing my employment situation somewhat and continuing to work for SAS. I also hope very much that I will find time occasionally to write for the E-Bulletin.
Thanks again,
Sheldon Greaves
