> -----Original Message-----
> From: asa-owner@lists.calvin.edu [mailto:asa-owner@lists.calvin.edu]On
> Behalf Of Gary Collins
> Sent: Thursday, February 05, 2004 12:24 PM
> On Thu, 5 Feb 2004 06:00:54 -0600, Glenn Morton wrote:
>
> >
> >I had reviewed a chapter of Alan's book prior to publication (my claim to
> >fame is that my name is next to Fred Hoyle's in the acknowledgements. Its
> >who you stand next to in life which is important!).
>
> Oh yes... isn't he the guy who was once described (I think in either New
> Scientist or Scientific American - as "the Patron Saint of Unfashionable
> Causes"? Quite apart from his "Bacteria from Space" hypothesis, which
> was, to say the least, interesting, I seem to remember there
> being a bit of
> a hoo-har to do with claims that the archaeopteryx fossils are
> forgeries...
> A clever bloke, to be sure, but maybe a touch on the eccentric
> side... that
> may not be such a bad thing though.
Yes, thats the fellow I will stand forever next to in the acknowledgements.
:-)
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