| Richard Dawkins 12-28-98 |
Zoologist; holder of the Charles Simonyi Chair for the Public Understanding
of Science at Oford University and renowned author of many popular books on
science, most recently, "Unweaving the Rainbow".
http://www.spacelab.net/~catalj/ |
| Carl Djerassi 12-28-98 |
Stanford University chemist known as the "Father of the Pill", playwright
("An Immaculate Misconception") and many novels in the "science-in-fiction"
genre, including, most recently, "NO".
http://www.djerassi.com |
| Michael Gershon 12-21-98 |
Professor and Chairman of the College of Physicians and Surgeons, Columbia
University, with research focused on the enteric nervous sytem. Also author
of book"The Second Brain".
http://cpmcnet.columbia.edu/dept/gsas/anatomy/Faculty/Gershon/index.html |
| John Allen Paulos 12-21-98 |
Temple University mathematician and author of many popular books,
including "Once Upon a Number".
http://www.math.temple.edu/~paulos/ |
| Carla Shatz 12-14-98 |
Professor of Neurobiology, Howard Hughes Medical Institute and Department
of Molecular and Cell Biology, UC Berkeley.
http://mcb.berkeley.edu/faculty/NEU/shatzc.html |
| Tom Vogt 12-14-98 |
Princeton University Professor of Molecular Biology. Areas of interest
include developmental genetics,limb development, and the social impact of
biotechnology.
http://www.molbio.princeton.edu/faculty/index.html http://www.molbio.princeton.edu/mb427/main.html |
| Robert BenEzra 12/7/98 |
Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center Asst. Member and Head of Dept. of
Cellular Biology on the molecular mechanics of differentiation.
http://www.mskcc.org |
| Hans Moravec 12/7/98 |
Principal Research Scientist at the Robotics Institute of Carnegie Mellon
University and Director of the CMU Mobile Robot Laboratory on the future of
robotics.
http://www.frc.ri.cmu.edu/~hpm/ |