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Wayne,

What Bill Bryson book do you refer to below? I love Bryson but I wasn't
aware of a book he did on science.

Amanda

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Wayne Watson" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Tuesday, April 26, 2005 10:48 AM
Subject: Re: Going Postal


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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/stamp
ReleaseDisplay.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
> >
> >
> >
> > -----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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