[meteorite-list] Colin Pillinger
Team Meteorite: The 'Michael Faraday Prize Lecture' video linked here yesterday in a list member's heartfelt obituary for the late Professor Colin Pillinger earns a 'two thumbs up' from this reviewer. Professor Pillinger offers insights into the falls of Ensisheim, Sienna, Wold Cottage and Chassigny full of content I have never known, and I consider myself somewhat of a met history buff. Did you know that 'Wold Cottage' was a mansion? That the owner's sense of humor was exposed when he named his black dog, 'Snowball'? The photos and drawings used to illustrate Pillinger's stories were also unknown to me, and are exquisite. I wish for copies to hang over the fireplace. And speaking of dogs, Professor Pillinger calls the Nakhla dog story apocalyptic. And I'm here to tell you well, you know how I feel about that :) A discussion of ALH84001 and EETA79001 and their revealed carbonates led him to state, Life on Mars could be contemporary. But here's some words to consider, as we all soon enough will be 'falling stars'... All you that do behold my stone, O, think how swiftly I was gone. Death doth not always warning give, Therefore be careful how you live. Watch the celebration of a man's life given to meteoritics. See it here. https://royalsociety.org/events/2012/stones-from-the-sky/ Kevin Kichinka Rio Oro, Santa Ana, Costa Rica The Art of Collecting Meteorites on Amazon and Barnes and Noble The Global Meteorite Price Report - 2015 available December, 2014. mars...@gmail.com __ Visit the Archives at http://www.meteorite-list-archives.com Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://three.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
Re: [meteorite-list] Colin Pillinger
Hi Kevin, I watched the video yesterday and wholeheartedly concur with you. Very interesting talk by an engaging boffin, and a lot of the information was new to me. I'm very sorry to read of the loss of such an excellent meteorite ambassador at a young age. One correction: Prof. Pillinger didn't say the Nakhla dog story was apocalyptic -- he said apocryphal. Just a little bit of a difference there! ;-) --Rob -Original Message- From: Meteorite-list [mailto:meteorite-list-boun...@meteoritecentral.com] On Behalf Of Kevin Kichinka via Meteorite-list Sent: Friday, May 09, 2014 9:23 AM To: meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com Subject: [meteorite-list] Colin Pillinger Team Meteorite: The 'Michael Faraday Prize Lecture' video linked here yesterday in a list member's heartfelt obituary for the late Professor Colin Pillinger earns a 'two thumbs up' from this reviewer. Professor Pillinger offers insights into the falls of Ensisheim, Sienna, Wold Cottage and Chassigny full of content I have never known, and I consider myself somewhat of a met history buff. Did you know that 'Wold Cottage' was a mansion? That the owner's sense of humor was exposed when he named his black dog, 'Snowball'? The photos and drawings used to illustrate Pillinger's stories were also unknown to me, and are exquisite. I wish for copies to hang over the fireplace. And speaking of dogs, Professor Pillinger calls the Nakhla dog story apocalyptic. And I'm here to tell you well, you know how I feel about that :) A discussion of ALH84001 and EETA79001 and their revealed carbonates led him to state, Life on Mars could be contemporary. But here's some words to consider, as we all soon enough will be 'falling stars'... All you that do behold my stone, O, think how swiftly I was gone. Death doth not always warning give, Therefore be careful how you live. Watch the celebration of a man's life given to meteoritics. See it here. https://royalsociety.org/events/2012/stones-from-the-sky/ Kevin Kichinka Rio Oro, Santa Ana, Costa Rica The Art of Collecting Meteorites on Amazon and Barnes and Noble The Global Meteorite Price Report - 2015 available December, 2014. mars...@gmail.com __ Visit the Archives at http://www.meteorite-list-archives.com Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://three.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list __ Visit the Archives at http://www.meteorite-list-archives.com Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://three.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
Re: [meteorite-list] Colin Pillinger
Hi Kevin, all, Thank you for your double thumbs up regarding Colin Pillinger's Faraday lecture. It was the second time I had posted a link to it here but felt that it was such a good example of the persona of Colin Pillinger that it needed a repeat post so that people could watch it and celebrate the life of such a great character now sadly no longer with us. I cannot recommend it enough, like Kevin says full of insights into the history of key events within the field of meteoritics and laced with his customary sense of humour. Seeing as the prize is awarded for excellence in communicating science I think the lecture is a superb example of why the award was so well deserved :-) Kevin writes 'did you know the Wold Cottage was a mansion?' Well it is indeed and Colin was great friends with Derek and Katrina Gray, the owners of the Wold Cottage. I have stayed there numerous times and cannot recommend it enough as i and my family have just booked another stay for a week this summer :-) Cheers Martin Martin Goff www.msg-meteorites.co.uk IMCA #3387 Sent from my mobile phone Team Meteorite: The 'Michael Faraday Prize Lecture' video linked here yesterday in a list member's heartfelt obituary for the late Professor Colin Pillinger earns a 'two thumbs up' from this reviewer. Professor Pillinger offers insights into the falls of Ensisheim, Sienna, Wold Cottage and Chassigny full of content I have never known, and I consider myself somewhat of a met history buff. Did you know that 'Wold Cottage' was a mansion? That the owner's sense of humor was exposed when he named his black dog, 'Snowball'? The photos and drawings used to illustrate Pillinger's stories were also unknown to me, and are exquisite. I wish for copies to hang over the fireplace. And speaking of dogs, Professor Pillinger calls the Nakhla dog story apocalyptic. And I'm here to tell you well, you know how I feel about that :) A discussion of ALH84001 and EETA79001 and their revealed carbonates led him to state, Life on Mars could be contemporary. But here's some words to consider, as we all soon enough will be 'falling stars'... All you that do behold my stone, O, think how swiftly I was gone. Death doth not always warning give, Therefore be careful how you live. Watch the celebration of a man's life given to meteoritics. See it here. https://royalsociety.org/events/2012/stones-from-the-sky/ Kevin Kichinka Rio Oro, Santa Ana, Costa Rica The Art of Collecting Meteorites on Amazon and Barnes and Noble The Global Meteorite Price Report - 2015 available December, 2014. mars...@gmail.com __ Visit the Archives at http://www.meteorite-list-archives.com Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://three.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list __ Visit the Archives at http://www.meteorite-list-archives.com Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://three.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
Re: [meteorite-list] Colin Pillinger
I'm pleased that his name is being remembered around the world at this point. His death was quite a shock as, along with Martin, we were both working with him on projects. (I spent over half an hour on the phone to him a few days ago) He was a very kind, brilliant and inspiring man. A star amongst stars. and his lecture shows just that. Graham On Fri, May 9, 2014 at 6:00 PM, Martin Goff via Meteorite-list meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com wrote: Hi Kevin, all, Thank you for your double thumbs up regarding Colin Pillinger's Faraday lecture. It was the second time I had posted a link to it here but felt that it was such a good example of the persona of Colin Pillinger that it needed a repeat post so that people could watch it and celebrate the life of such a great character now sadly no longer with us. I cannot recommend it enough, like Kevin says full of insights into the history of key events within the field of meteoritics and laced with his customary sense of humour. Seeing as the prize is awarded for excellence in communicating science I think the lecture is a superb example of why the award was so well deserved :-) Kevin writes 'did you know the Wold Cottage was a mansion?' Well it is indeed and Colin was great friends with Derek and Katrina Gray, the owners of the Wold Cottage. I have stayed there numerous times and cannot recommend it enough as i and my family have just booked another stay for a week this summer :-) Cheers Martin Martin Goff www.msg-meteorites.co.uk IMCA #3387 Sent from my mobile phone Team Meteorite: The 'Michael Faraday Prize Lecture' video linked here yesterday in a list member's heartfelt obituary for the late Professor Colin Pillinger earns a 'two thumbs up' from this reviewer. Professor Pillinger offers insights into the falls of Ensisheim, Sienna, Wold Cottage and Chassigny full of content I have never known, and I consider myself somewhat of a met history buff. Did you know that 'Wold Cottage' was a mansion? That the owner's sense of humor was exposed when he named his black dog, 'Snowball'? The photos and drawings used to illustrate Pillinger's stories were also unknown to me, and are exquisite. I wish for copies to hang over the fireplace. And speaking of dogs, Professor Pillinger calls the Nakhla dog story apocalyptic. And I'm here to tell you well, you know how I feel about that :) A discussion of ALH84001 and EETA79001 and their revealed carbonates led him to state, Life on Mars could be contemporary. But here's some words to consider, as we all soon enough will be 'falling stars'... All you that do behold my stone, O, think how swiftly I was gone. Death doth not always warning give, Therefore be careful how you live. Watch the celebration of a man's life given to meteoritics. See it here. https://royalsociety.org/events/2012/stones-from-the-sky/ Kevin Kichinka Rio Oro, Santa Ana, Costa Rica The Art of Collecting Meteorites on Amazon and Barnes and Noble The Global Meteorite Price Report - 2015 available December, 2014. mars...@gmail.com __ Visit the Archives at http://www.meteorite-list-archives.com Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://three.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list __ Visit the Archives at http://www.meteorite-list-archives.com Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://three.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list __ Visit the Archives at http://www.meteorite-list-archives.com Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://three.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
