I once had the opportunity to meet him. Great guy, a math professor, IIRC. I wish he had concentrated more on writing and less on teaching...somewhat reminiscent of Tom Lehrer...Lehrer was actually told by his Harvard superiors to either "quit music, or quit teaching". He chose teaching. Sigh. The concept is great. Once science learns to manipulate photons in such a manner, the pro/am dividing line will vanish completely (provided there is still observational research to do by then!) C. --- Richard Tenney <retenney@yahoo.com> wrote:
Chuck,
LOL. Yeah, I remember sharing that thought with Mark Dakins a few years ago and him telling me one of the popular SF authors had it in a story; thanks for clarifying who/what it was! I do like a lot of what Niven writes, so I'm not at all surprised.
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