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I must geekily add that Stephenson's best novel remains the classic "Snow
Crash"

Jonah Cohen
Outreach & Public Programs Manager
Science Center of Connecticut

"If Bush is gonna keep arguing against science, why not go all the way and
argue against gravity? I bet he could convince some of his supporters that
they're floating."
           -Get Your War On

-----Original Message-----
From: Katherine Ziff [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
Sent: Friday, October 01, 2004 10:50 AM
To: [log in to unmask]
Subject: one measurable outcome

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Last night I went to an author night with Neal Stephenson, who wrote
Cryptonomicon, Zodiac (an "eco-thriller" named after the boat, not
the constellations), and most recently a trilogy of books chronicling
Newton, Leibniz, buccaneers, and the court of Louis the fourteenth.
Someone asked if he visited the locations in his books for research.
He said he did, but sometimes they had changed too much in the last
three centuries to be helpful. If that happened, he had a
solution--he would almost always find the information he needed in a
local museum. While he may not have visited ASTC members for this
research, I still wanted pass along his public appreciation for our
field.
--
  Katherine Ziff
  Manager of School and Community Programs
  Bay Area Discovery Museum
  557 McReynolds Road
  Sausalito, Ca 94965

(415) 339-3922

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