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I'm a MAD SCIENTIST!
One of the wonderful aspects of the 'net is the ability
to get people in contact with one another. This feature is
exploited very well by the people at the
Mad Scientist Network. They have collected many scientists from
around the world and let them answer questions by anyone who has one,
including everyone from grammar school children to adult professionals.
I have been with them for quite some time now and have enjoyed answering
questions about astronomy. Below are links to the answers I have given
since 1996.
Please note that the people that ask these questions
vary greatly in age. I have tried to set the level of my answer
appropriately; I would not want to use algebra to explain something
to a kindergartener, or talk about clapping your hands to make sound to
a graduate student! The age of the questioner is in the header
of each post.
According the to search
engine at the Mad Scientist's lair, I have answered about 100 questions
since 1996. So to break it up a bit, I will organize
them into separate pages for each year.
I made the
Mad Scientists Hall of Fame! In 96 and 97 I went on a tear of answering
questions, quite a few from outside my declared astronomy discipline,
and so they stuck me in the Hall. I am honored, and of course, quite Mad.