ISEN-ASTC-L is a service of the Association of Science-Technology Centers Incorporated, a worldwide network of science museums and related institutions. ***************************************************************************** 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 ISEN-ASTC-L is a service of the Association of Science-Technology Centers Incorporated, a worldwide network of science museums and related institutions. **************************************************************************** * 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 *********************************************************************** More information about the Informal Science Education Network and the Association of Science-Technology Centers may be found at http://www.astc.org. To remove your e-mail address from the ISEN-ASTC-L list, send the message SIGNOFF ISEN-ASTC-L in the BODY of a message to [log in to unmask] *********************************************************************** More information about the Informal Science Education Network and the Association of Science-Technology Centers may be found at http://www.astc.org. To remove your e-mail address from the ISEN-ASTC-L list, send the message SIGNOFF ISEN-ASTC-L in the BODY of a message to [log in to unmask]