18 SCIENCE ADVENTURES AND A MISADVENTURE

My science projects and field trips kept life interesting. Preparing papers for scientific journals was far more difficult than writing magazine articles and Radio Shack books. But those papers were key to establishing the goal set after the Scientific American affair: A self-taught individual who rejects Darwinian evolution and opposes abortion can invent scientific instruments and use them to make discoveries.

I was impressed that few of the many professional scientists I met were concerned about my beliefs. Some even privately agreed with them. Their main interest was my science, and that was demonstrated by many collaborations and assignments, including several years as chair of the Environmental ...

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