On Sat, Jan 2, 2016 at 1:10 AM, P.J. Alling <[email protected]> wrote: > I have to ask why is he your hero?
As far back as I can remember, I wanted to be a scientist. My focus shifted to Physics, as soon as I was old enough to understand what that was. Later, my fascination with space led to to aspire to astrophysics. I attended an Ivy League school (Dartmouth) and entered the honors physics program. In my first 2 years, I had four honors courses in physics and 4 in math. In my fourth physics course, I received a 37 on the final exam. The class average was 34. My friend Steve received a 78, and Sidney, a sophomore in the local high school, received a 92. I realized that I was only a mediocre physics student. Sidney would become the theoretical physicist that I thought I would be, and Steve would become a college professor [both of these did come true], while I would become a high school physics teacher or and industrial physicist. Neither career appealed to me, so I transferred to an International Relations major, and then, after 5 years in the Marine Corps, went to law school. So, you see, Tyson is the person I had always aspired to be. In addition, he is one of the great popularizers of science, in the tradition of Fred Hoyle and Carl Sagan. What little most average Americans understand about science in general, and physics in particular, comes from these three giants. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neil_deGrasse_Tyson http://www.haydenplanetarium.org/tyson/ Dan Matyola http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/danieljmatyola -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
