[meteorite-list] Are Meteorites For Boys Only?

[tracy latimer]

I think it depends both on nature and nurture.  My parents recognized at an 
early age that I wanted to know what made things 'tick', and blessed me with 
many family vacations to interesting spots and informative books.  I still 
have rocks I picked up in the bottom of the Grand Canyon, an enormous 
collection of seashells acquired on Sanibel Island, and a few crumbs I 
brushed from the soles of my shoes after climbing Ayers Rock.  They also 
argued my case with the school counselor who refused to let me take AP 
Physics; I think my father wanted another engineer in the family :-)

I like to know "why", but just as much, I like things that make me think or 
are beautiful.  Sometimes the beauty is more intellectual than physical, as 
the notion that I can hold a rock that came from the Moon or Mars or farther 
out!  I still drool over a nice slice of Esquel, though, which you must 
admit is as nice as anything that ever came from the workshops of Tiffany.

Science is for everyone!
Tracy Latimer

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