12 THE SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN AFFAIR
The Amateur Scientist was the longest-running and most popular column in Scientific American, America’s oldest magazine. The publication featured a potpourri of beautifully illustrated projects in all areas of science, and for many years, I had faithfully read every installment. Becoming the author of The Amateur Scientist was a dream that came true, if only briefly.
While three of my columns were published in the venerable magazine, the editor so strongly disapproved of my doubts about evolution and abortion that he terminated my assignment. At the time, I thought losing the famous column was a major setback to my career as a freelance writer. But what happened next is a story worth telling, for I had no idea ...
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