The Amphibious Being is part of my collection of “Imaginary Friends of Science.”
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the action of a mountain torrent, as well as of a marine current; might compare the products of volcanoes poured out upon the land with those ejected beneath the waters; and might mark, on the one hand, the growth of the forest, and, on the other, that of the coral reef.”

might behold, on the one hand, the decomposition of rocks in the atmosphere, or the transportation of matter by running water; and, on the other, examine the deposition of sediment in the sea, and the imbedding of animal and vegetable remains in new strata. He might ascertain, by direct observation,

considerably lessened; while, on the other hand, there can be little doubt, although the reader may, perhaps, smile at the bare suggestion of such an idea, that an amphibious being, who should possess our faculties, would still more easily arrive at sound theoretical opinions in geology, since he

of discretion; for we are precluded from collating the corresponding parts of the system of things as it exists now, and as it existed at former periods. If we were inhabitants of another element—if the great ocean were our domain, instead of the narrow limits of the land, our difficulties would be

water with what we see in the geological record. Likewise the Amphibious Being would be better able to identify #fossils, being familiar with life on land & sea. He wrote,

“It should, therefore, be remembered, that the task imposed on those who study the earth’s history requires no ordinary share

These are so cool! Love the texture and riso colours!

smell) can keep them on land and they will return to the sea!

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in human form, and sometimes have human families. Like the swan maiden stories, if a human hides the selkie’s seal skin, they cannot return to the sea, but if they find their skin, nothing, not love, nor their own human children (with telltale webbed feet, and sometimes a greenish tint and fishy

Immediately googled “seismic hazard map UK” and grimaced

tale. The way he explained that he duct taped his hand and went about his day, in particular was flabbergasting. But he also implied that his superiors had some words with him about not bothering to mention he’d been shot! Apparently they like to know.

Remembering him and his family today.

chance to call home.

Because of this traumatic experience for her family the military clamped down on the reporting of any casualties and instituted rules to ensure families are always alerted first should a soldier be killed in action.

He was quite the storyteller and made this an entertaining

the door. For a full 48 hours they were left in limbo, hearing in the media that he was shot but hearing nothing from the military directly. The major meanwhile was in a period of no communication for entirely other reasons and had no idea his what his family were going through until he got a

correctly identified him to the media as a Canadian soldier who had been struck by a bullet.

Some of the media in Canada went ahead and reported this, complete with the fact that the military wasn’t commenting so they presumed he had died.

His wife heard when other military spouses showed up at

hatch, not the soldiers. But the bullet ricocheted off the hatch, then off the interior of the tank and then grazed his hand. He said there was blood but he could move it, so he duct taped his hand and went on with his day. He didn’t even think to tell the medic upon arrival.

Meanwhile someone

presumed dead.

He was a major serving as part of the UN peacekeeping forces in Sarejvo and in a tank as part of a convoy transferring from one region to another. The hatch was open and a sniper took a potshot at it. As he told me the story, it was simple intimidation. They knew they could hit the

At the Legion they have placed a net over their hedge covered in crocheted poppies

Her 1990 National Medal of Science was awarded both for her work on the electronic properties of materials and for expanding opportunities for women in science and engineering.

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band structure. The SFDD model (also named for her, R. Saito, M. Fujita and her husband Gene Dresselhaus) first predicted the band structure of carbon nanotubes.

As well as being an extraordinary scientist she was a strong advocate from women in physics and engineering.