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[Phys-l] Rocket Science: A Grant Application



I am taking the opportunity to relay this note from Alan Hawk on
account of the interesting URL he mentions - a discursive account
of a research grant application, and the subsequent lives of
the protagonists. [from Rete list]

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At 08:26 AM 8/11/2006, Alan Hawk, you wrote:
Along the line of discussion about scientific toys is this story from
the United States Government's National Institutes of Health
History Office about a couple of boys who applied for a grant
from NIH.

http://cms.csr.nih.gov/NR/rdonlyres/28C5F9D2-3903-4FF5-9212-47F789579651/7386/NIHRocketStoryFINAL1.pdf

They didn't grow up to be scientists.

Alan Hawk
Collections Manager, Historical Collections
National Museum of Health and Medicine
Armed Forces Institute of Pathology
Bldg. 54, Walter Reed Army Medical Center
Washington, DC 20306-6000

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In my cynical mode, I notice a strong tug on the emotions on reading it,
and I recall that this is a feature of some US movies too.
There is an art to this kind of effect, with which I am not
always in sympathy.


Brian Whatcott Altus OK Eureka!