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Due to an overwhelming lack of interest,
I am no longer updating this page.
The following is a collection
of information found through
Yahoo and
Google searches on the the authors of letters published in
Discover
Magazine.
Here
is more information. Please note that this site has no affiliation with
Discover Magazine.
December
2005
There were only two
letter writers this month with abundant findings
on the internet. The first was Kathleene Parker,
who has written many letters to many magazines
and newspapers on subjects relating to the
environment and the American Southwest. The most
notable letter writer was Carolyn Porco, the
Cassini Imaging team leader at the
CICLOPS/Space Science center.
Rollo, Joseph - San Diego, California
Heading: Global Warming: Are We to Blame?
Subject: September's "Discover Dialogue" and "Up
a Creek"
Links to the Author: No definite links
Crites, Clay - West Chester, Pennsylvania
Heading: Global Warming: Are We to Blame?
Subject: "Up a Creek" September 2005
Links to the Author:
Letters to
the Editor, Technology Review - June 2005
Lipkin, Alan - Raleigh, North Carolina
Heading: Global Warming: Are We to Blame?
Subject: "Discover Dialogue" September 2005
Links to the Author: No definite links
Parker, Kathleene - Rio Rancho, New Mexico
Heading: Global Warming: Are We to Blame?
Subject: "Up a Creek" September 2005
Links to the Author:
Letter to
the Editor - Rio Rancho Observer 12/16/05,
Letter to
the Editor - Rio Rancho Observer 07/01/05,
"Drought +
Population Growth = Disaster" - Letter to High
Country News, 03/07/05,
Letters to
Audubon Magazine, 07/05,
Letter to
the Aspen Times 01/06
Books By the Author:
The Only
True People: A History of the Native Americans
of the Colorado Plateau ,
The Colorado
Plateau: The Land in the Indians
Wagner, Mike - Studio City, California
Heading: Global Warming: Are We to Blame?
Subject: "Discover Dialogue" September 2005
Links to the Author: No definite links.
Porco, Carolyn - CICLOPS/Space Science
Institute; Boulder, Colorado
Heading: In Dawkins Defense
Subject: "Darwin's Rottweiler" September 2005
Links to the Author:
Space.com
interview,
ITConversations-a presentation on mp3,
Dept. of
Planetary Sciences Lunar and Planetary
Laboratory, University of Tucson, Faculty Page,
The Edge.org
contributor bio,
CICLOPS news
release search,
CICLOPS team
page,
Dissertation-Voyager observations of Saturn's
rings. I. The eccentric rings at 1.29, 1.45,
1.95 and 2.27 Rs. II. The periodic variation of
spokes.
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November
2005
The November issue of
Discover only had letters regarding the
September article on Richard Dawkins. Here's a
breakdown of the opinions expressed by the
authors:
Against creationism and for Dawkins - Dorothy
Sutton, Stephen W. Gordon
Against creationism and against Dawkins - Robert
Smith
For Creationism and against Dawkins - Paul E.
Lyle
For both religion and evolution but against
Dawkins - Stephanie Ferguson, Chris Norris
For religion and against Dawkins, but not
clearly for or against evolution - Richard
Showstack
Dorothy Sutton-Richmond, Kentucky
Heading: Richard Dawkins: Man's Best Friend?
Subject: "Darwin's Rottweiler" September 2005
Links to the Author:
Dorothy M. Sutton's Homepage,
Poetry And Evolution: "The Music of What
Happens" presentation by Dr. Dorothy Sutton and
Dr. Joe Pellegrino,
Dorothy Sutton's Bio
Robert Smith
Heading: Richard Dawkins: Man's Best Friend?
Subject: "Darwin's Rottweiler" September 2005
Links to the Author: No definite links.
Stephen W. Gordon-West Valley City, Utah
Heading: Richard Dawkins: Man's Best Friend?
Subject: "Darwin's Rottweiler" September 2005
Links to the Author: Only books found, see below
Books By the Author:
Samuel Reshevsky: A Compendium of 1768 Games
With Diagrams, Crosstables, Some Annotations,
and Indexes,
Henrique Mecking: Latin Chess Genius,
The chess columns of S.W. Gordon, the Anchorage
Daily News
Stephanie Ferguson-Indianapolis, Indiana
Heading: Richard Dawkins: Man's Best Friend?
Subject: "Darwin's Rottweiler" September 2005
Links to the Author:
Letter to FDA from the Center for Food Safety,
Richard Showstack-Newport Beach, California
Heading: Richard Dawkins: Man's Best Friend?
Subject: "Darwin's Rottweiler" September 2005
Links to the Author:
Trafford Publishing TM Talent Pool,
DrLaura.com - The Reading Corner
Books By the Author:
A Horse Named Peggy,
Epiffunnies: Humorous Reflections, Insights And
Musings on Life,
The Gift Of The Magic And Other Enchanting
Character-building Stories For Smart Teenage
Girls Who Want To Grow Up To Be Strong Women
Paul E. Lyle-Kingwood, Texas
Heading: Richard Dawkins: Man's Best Friend?
Subject: "Darwin's Rottweiler" September 2005
Links to the Author:
Woodridge Baptist Church Staff Bio
Chris Norris-Guilford, Connecticut
Heading: Richard Dawkins: Man's Best Friend?
Subject: "Darwin's Rottweiler" September 2005
Links to the Author: No definite links.
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October
2005
The October edition of
Discover had a couple of notable letter writers.
The most controversial was Dr. Ralph G. Walton
who disagrees with the below noted article
supporting the safety of aspartame. In the
letter he refers to a study he had published
which is linked below. This came with a somewhat
neutral reply from the editors and another
reply, at the request of Dicsover, from
D. Eric Walters who refutes the claim that
aspartame is unsafe.
Walton, Ralph G. - Professor of clinical
psychiatry, Northeastern Ohio Universities
College of Medicine; Rootstown, Ohio
Heading: How Sweet it Isn't
Subject: "Hitting the Sweet Spot" August 2005
Links to the Author:
Adverse Reactions to Aspartame:
Double-Blind Challenge in Patients from a
Vulnerable Population,
Survey of Aspartame of Studies: Correlation of
Outcome and Funding,
Department of Psychiatry Northeastern Ohio
Universities College of Medicine
Hoffman, Curtiss - Chairman, Department of
Anthropology, Bridgewater State College;
Bridgewater, Massachusetts
Heading: The Culture Race
Subject: "Are the Desert People Winning?" August
2005
Links to the Author:
Dr. Curtiss Hoffman's Homepage,
In Fast-growing Area, a Race to Save History-The
Boston Globe
Books by the Author:
The Seven Story Tower: A Mythic Journey Through
Space and Time
Olsen, Doug - Oakland, California
Heading: Creationism, Darwinism, and Beyond
Subject: R & D "23 Years Ago in Discover:
Creationism" August 2005
Links to the Author: No definite links
LaTour, Jonathan - Salem, Oregon
Heading: Stop That Panther
Subject: "Dr. Mushroom" July 2005
Links to the Author: No definite links
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The notable letter writer for this month was
Charles Tart who wrote in to defend himself
after the article, "Extreme States" in the July
2005 issue. As a result of my research, I found
that Tart is a well known, highly published
individual in the field of consciousness
research (that is not to say that I necessarily
agree with what little I know of his work). The
editors of Discover did issue an apology with
the printing of the letter.
Tart, Charles T. - Professor, Institute of
Transpersonal Psychology, Palo Alto, California;
Professor Emeritus, University of California at
Davis
Heading: Out-of-Body Experiences
Subject: "Extreme States" July 2005
Links to the Author:
Home page and Virtual Library,
Entry from The Skeptics Dictionary,
The Archives of Scientist's Transcendent
Experiences,
Wikipedia Entry,
Tart's UC Davis Home Page,
Books by the Author:
Mind Science: Meditation Training for Practical
People
,
Waking Up: Overcoming the Obstacles to Human
Potential
,
States of Consciousness
,
Charles T. Tart, Ph. D. TRANSPERSONAL
CONVERSATIONS,
Mind at Large: Institute of Electrical and
Electronics Engineers Symposia on the Nature of
Extrasensory Perception,
Other media from Charles Tart
Weigert, Frank - Wilmington, Delaware
Heading: A Palpable Hit
Subject: "Impact Geologist Waits for the Big One
to Hit" July 2005
Links to the Author:
Letter to the Editor, Natural History - March
2004
Miller, Jeff - Belmont, California
Heading: Contrast and Compare
Subject: Letter from James Bramson in response
to "Our Preferred Poison" March 2005
Links to the Author: No definite links
Collins,Nancy - Statesboro, Georgia
Heading: Doctor, Doctor, Give Me the News
Subject: "Dr. Mushroom" July 2005
Links to the Author: No definite links
Spears, Priscilla - Conifer Colorado
Heading: Remember the Plants
Subject: Think Tank 25 Year-Review and Forecast
of Paleontology - July 2005
Links to the Author:
Suggestions for Montessori Science Studies
Montessori Life, Spring 2004,
Big Picture Science
Books by the Author:
Plant Lessons: Introducing Children to Plant
Form and Function
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August 2005
Only two letter writers from the August issue
had any substantial findings from the search
engines. The most interesting was Stephen
Czerkas. In his letter, he disputes an article's
claim (see below) that dromaeosaurs could not
fly. This is followed by a biting reply from
Mark Norell of the American Museum of Natural
History. Czerkas has acheived greater noteriety
for a couple of other controversial issues. The
Wikipedia article on the forged fossil-Archeoraptor
and the Nature article give the best overview of
these subjects.
Patrick, Kyle - Houston, Texas
Heading: Small-Scale Simultaneity
Subject: "If an Electron Can be in Two Places at
Once, Why Can't You" - June 2005
Links to the Author: No definite links.
Czerkas, Stephen - Director of the Dinosaur
Museum, Blanding, Utah
Heading: Preparing for Takeoff
Subject: "The Dragons of Liaoning" - June 2005
Links to the Author:
Archeoraptor article - Wikipedia,
Feathered dinosaurs exhibit,
The Dinosaur Museum,
Nature article-Feathered Fossils Cause a Flap in
Museums,
Discovery Channel Article-Paleontologists Duped
by Fake Dinosaur Fossil?
Books by the Author:
My Life with the Dinosaurs,
Dinosaurs: A Global View
Beaumont, Greg R. - Saint Paul, Minnesota
Heading: Ethical Culture Society
Subject: "Doug Melton: Crossing Boundaries" June
2005
Links to the Author: No definite links
Gatzke, Ken W. - Professor of Philosophy,
Southern Connecticut State University, New
Haven, Connecticut
Heading: Our Animals, Ourselves
Subject: "What do Animals Think?" - May 2005
Links to the Author:
Southern Connecticut State University-Faculty
Bibliography,
SCSU entertainment news article-Star Wars is
Back, on DVD,
Southern's Proposed 'Liberal Education' Program,
V.2,
Southern Connecticut State University
Yesavage, Tiffany - Golden, Colorado
Heading: Our Animals, Ourselves
Subject: "What do Animals Think?" - May 2005
Links to the Author: No definite links.
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July
2005
The letters published in July's issue were all
either to praise or to criticize Alan Burdick's
article in the May issue, "The Truth About
Invasive Species". I have to assume that this
focus was because most of the letters received
by the magazine were about this controversial
subject. Interestingly, two of the letters were
attributed to multiple authors, and two
individuals in each group have also coauthored
books on invasive species.
Grosholz, Edwin D. – Dept. of Environmental
Science and Policy, University of California at
Davis
Heading: To Bury Burdick…
Subject: “The Truth About Invasive Species” –
May 2005
Links to the Author:
SeaWeb-Ocean Update October 2000,
UC Davis Dept. of Environmental Science and
Policy
Carlton, James T. - Williams College-Mystic
Seaport, Mystic, Connecticut
Heading: To Bury Burdick...
Subject: “The Truth About Invasive Species” –
May 2005
Links to the Author:
Williams Mystic,
Testimony of Dr. James T. Carlton before the U.
S. House of Representatives Subcommittee on
Environment, Technology, and Standards Thursday
July 26, 2001,
Environmental Impacts of Marine
Exotics-Interview with James T. Carlton
Books by the author:
Invasive Species : Vectors and Management
Strategies
Ruiz, Gregory M. - Smithsonian Environmental
Research Center, Edgewater Maryland
Heading: To Bury Burdick...
Subject: “The Truth About Invasive Species” –
May 2005
Links to the Author:
Written Testimony of Dr. Gregory M. Ruiz To the
U.S. House of Representatives Subcommittee on
Fisheries Conservation, Wildlife, and Oceans
Thursday, 14 November 2002,
Curriculum Vitae-Smithsonian Environmental
Research Center
Books by the Author:
Invasive Species : Vectors and Management
Strategies
Simberloff, Daniel - Department of Ecology and
Evolutionary Biology, University of Tennessee,
Knoxville, Tennessee
Heading: To Bury Burdick...
Subject: “The Truth About Invasive Species” –
May 2005
Links to the Author:
University of Tennessee Department of Ecology
and Evolutionary Biology,
Nova-Battling Introduced Wildlife, Interview
Books by the Author:
Strangers in Paradise: Impact and Management of
Nonindigenous Species in Florida
Schmitz, Don C. - Dept. of Environmental
Protection, Bureau of Invasive Plant Management,
Tallahasse, Florida
Heading: To Bury Burdick...
Subject: “The Truth About Invasive Species” –
May 2005
Links to the author:
Florida Bureau of Invasive Plant Management,
Issues in Science and Technology Online,
"Needed: A National Center for Biological
Invasions" Summer 2001
Books by the Author:
Strangers in Paradise: Impact and Management of
Nonindigenous Species in Florida
Davis, Mark A. Department of Biology, Macalester
College, Saint Paul, Minnesota
Heading: ...And To Praise Him
Subject: “The Truth About Invasive Species” –
May 2005
Links to the Author:
Professor Davis' Website,
Macalester College Biology Department Faculty
and Staff
Chew, Matt - Phoenix Arizona
Heading: And to Praise Him
Subject: “The Truth About Invasive Species” –
May 2005
Links to the Author:
Oasis Under Siege: A Journey Through the Dying
River,
High Country News: Freedom of Speech Shines in
Arizona Cave
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June
2005
Jahoda, John C. - Bridgewater, Massachusetts
Heading: Shaking Up the System
Subject: Pushing the Phylocode
Links to the author-Bridgewater
State College Biology Department,
Bridgewater State College CityLab Satellite
Books by the author:
Saunders Regional Environment: Issues
Supplement- North East,
The Tidal Wetlands of the City of Quincy,
Norfolk County, Massachusetts
Moes, John - Grand Rapids, Michigan
Heading: The Other Side of Darkness
Subject: April’s Sky Lights, “A Lighter Shade of
Black”
No definite links found.
Vischulis, Jean - Effingham, Illinois
Heading: Faith and the Embryo
Subject: April’s Discover Dialogue, “Bio Brain
Backs Stem Cells”
No definite links found.
Bramson, James B. – Chicago, Illinois
Heading: The Mercury Debate, Part Two
Subject: “Our Preferred Poison”, March
Links to the author:
University of Iowa Alumni Association,
American Dental Association News
Books by the author:
Demographics and Practice Characteristics of
Dentists Participating and not Participating in
Managed Care Plans,
Differences in Practice Characteristics of
Capitation and PPO Provider Dentists
Haseltine, William A. – Washington, D. C.
Heading: The High Cost of Conformity
Subject: “20 years ago in Discover:
Misunderstanding AIDS” – R & D, April
Links to the author:
What's Next for William Haseltine?,
Milken Institute Global Conference,
Chartered Financial Analyst Institute
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