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I'm reading "Revolution in Science"
by I. Bernard Cohen (Harvard University Press, 1985). On page
453, Alfred
Wegener "was attacked for his method but was denied
the right to discuss geology because he lacked credentials,
being a meteorologist rather than a geologist." He came
upon the theory of continental drift after seeing icebergs
floating in the ocean.
William B. Grant
Dr. Grant has a PhD in physics from
the University of California at Berkeley. He has served as
a senior research scientist in the fields of optical and laser
remote sensing of the atmosphere and atmospheric sciences
at SRI International, the Jet Propulsion Laboratory, and NASA's
Langley Research Center. Though he lacks formal academic preparation
in medicine and health, Dr. Grant has effectively applied
to health science some of the research methodology he used
at NASA. He has written many scholarly papers in such fields
as Alzheimer's disease, ischemic heart disease, arthritis
and cancer. Dr. Grant is founder of SUNARC
. A news
article about him ("Dr. William B. Grant: Physicist,
Atmospheric Researcher and Health Scientist") and a
feature article by him ("New Findings by a Physicist/Atmospheric
Scientist Regarding Diet and Solar Ultraviolet Radiation for
Maintaining Optimal Health") were published in The
Citizen Scientist, 7 January 2005. Editor.
Editor,
Wow! Impressive change in the layout of
TCS. My only complaint is that it hardly looks "amateur"
anymore :-) Pass along my praise.
Tim Davis
Dawson Bruton has spent long hours transforming
the pages of The Citizen Scientist into what they are today.
All of us at the Society for Amateur Science appreciate his
contribution. Editor.
http://www.dbgraphicsolutions.com
Shawn, Heather, Denise, Forrest:
Congratulations to all of you for making
this year's SAS conference such a success. Although I can't
quite put my finger on a specific reason, I came away with
a definite feeling that citizen science really is moving forward.
Brian Chapel
Victoria, BC
Editor,
Something that might be of interest to SAS
members (if it hasn't been mentioned already) is that the
Institute of Physics makes all of its journal articles available
for download for a period of 30 days from date of publication.
You do have to go through a simple registration process.
All articles are in Acrobat format.
IoP home page is at http://www.iop.org
The journal list is at http://www.iop.org/EJ/
There is a good physics education journal,
table of contents at
http://www.iop.org/EJ/toc/0031-9120/40/1
Steve Hansen, Editor and Publisher
Steve is editor and publisher of the
the BELLJAR . Editor.
Farris,
Indeed, your perception of time ["Backscatter,"
28 January 2005] as a relative change fits well into the
space time continuum scheme of special relativity. The space
time interval,
(space time interval)^2 = (speed of light x time change)^2
- (space change)^2 is invariant of the state of the observer.
This is the basis for the rest of special relativity.
George Hrabovsky
George is President of MAST
. His columns about mathematics and theory appear often
in The Citizen Scientist.
About lab supply companies not selling to
individuals, I have found that starting a local chapter of
SAS allows you to no longer be an individual, and the companies
will sell you anything they have (even hazardous materials).
I know this from personal experience in MAST;
we have purchased many chemicals for our projects that are
regulated as hazardous materials and have met with no resistance
in having them shipped to us.
Care must be taken, because there are liability issues (make
sure to insure the shipments). Also, you must be certain that
members are not using the chemicals for illegal or dangerous
purposes without suitable supervision by the chapter.
George Hrabovsky, President, MAST
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