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I'm not sure the URL got corrected but here it is 
<http://shop.usps.com/cgi-bin/vsbv/postal_store_non_ssl/browse_content/stampReleaseDisplay.jsp?OID=8618>
It may be that one of the surrounding <> was dropped. They are very important 
for URLs that can wrap onto another line.

Gibbs was egarded as the most brilliant person (thermodynamics) no one ever 
heard of (Bill Bryson's book on science, pp. 116-117). Good to see he's one of 
the first in the series.

Series? They don't say anything about more scientists or even mathematicians. I 
just noticed Darwin was born on the same day as president Lincoln.

Nancy VanBeek wrote:
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> I like the idea of Scientists Stamps. But these stamps don't do much to
> show the joy and passion of Science or scientists.
> 
> Compare the dark design and black and white photos of unsmiling
> scientists to the smiling face of Yip Harburg.
> 
> Wouldn't a photo of Barbara McClintock surrounded by colorful maize, or
> photo of Richard Feynman as he presented to college students be more
> appealing? These stamps promote the stereotype of scientists that
> already keeps so many kids out of science. 
> 
> On the bright side they are doing something and science itself is
> receiving some nice new stamps. The advances in Aviation, Masterworks of
> Modern Architecture and the Constellation stamps all look good.
> 
> Nancy Van Beek
> KSDC Education Manager
> Washington Pavilion of Arts and Science
> 301 S. Main Ave
> Sioux Falls SD 57104
>  
> "Don't judge each day by the harvest you reap,
> but by the seeds you plant."
> -Robert Louis Stevenson
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> 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Beryl Rosenthal [mailto:[log in to unmask]] 
> Sent: Monday, April 25, 2005 10:29 AM
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: Re: Going Postal
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> Jonah, Are you sure that's the right url?
> Beryl
> 
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>>In case you hadn't heard, on May 4th, the US Post Office will be
> 
> releasing a
> 
>>new set of stamps, called American Scientists. The 4 stamps feature
> 
> Barbara
> 
>>McClintock, John von Neumann, Josiah Willard Gibbs and Richard Feynman.
>>Click here for a preview:
>>
>>http://shop.usps.com/cgi-bin/vsbv/postal_store_non_ssl/browse_content/s
> 
> tampR
> 
>>eleaseDisplay.jsp?OID=8618
>>
>>Jonah Cohen
>>Outreach & Public Programs Manager
>>Science Center of Connecticut
>>
>>"An honest fool is alright, but a dishonest fool is terrible!"
>>	-Richard Feynman
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