Powers of observation
A quick science test from Richard Muller's terrific book Nemesis (which I'll discuss more soon):
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He pulled out the large, red-bound Snowbird Conference Proceedings. In it was a map of the eighty-eight known impact craters on the Earth. "You'll notice that most of them are in Europe and North America. Can you guess why?"
I thought of rotations of the Earth, but had no luck in figuring out why impacts would be more likely in the Northern Hemisphere. Walt didn't let me waste time for long. He said, "Because that is where the most geologists live."
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Posted at 04:59PM Aug 02, 2006 by WILSON, JOSHUA in General | Comments[1]
Ah, very clever, Grasshopper.
Do you think I can sue the simple math question for being dirty?
Posted by Rhonda on August 02, 2006 at 09:00 PM EDT #