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Catch a Falling Star
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- Subject: Catch a Falling Star
- From: Jim Hurley <hurleyj@arachnaut.org>
- Date: Fri, 04 Jun 1999 18:25:26 -0700
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I have just finished reading Nininger's Catch a Falling Star.
In my youth in the 60's I read Out of the Sky, and a few other
works by Nininger and bought his study kits and oxide fragments,
as well as sending many 'meteorwrongs' to the American Meteorite
Laboratory for analysis.
Until now, though, I hadn't known too much about his personal life.
I was wondering if the lack of respect he received during
most of his career was due to his being a former biologist -
with no educational system training in minerology or geology, etc.
I don't know if anyone on the list can answer that, but I'm sure there
is a great collection of anecdotal information on that topic.
Also, when did Dr. Nininger die?
I had always pronounced his name 'nin in jer', but reading as he was
German, I suppose it is 'nin in ger'.
--
Jim Hurley
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