Kate has posted a report on Boskone talk by Brother Guy Consolmagno, on hunting for meteorites in Antarctica. Guy is a Jesuit brother, and also a research astronomer for the Vatican, and a better example of the peaceful coexistence of science and religion would be hard to find.
He's also a very entertaining speaker. I forget what I was doing that kept me from seeing this talk, but I was on a panel with him later, and he's a charming fellow. If I'd known he was spending the year on sabbatical in New York, I would've tried to get him booked into our colloquium schedule...
Anyway, the talk was a little light on the science, but had lots of amusing stuff about living and working in Antarctica, and Kate's got detailed notes.
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I'm a big fan of Brother Guy Consolmagno, fortunate to have seen him speak in his capacity as incoming head of the American Astronomical Society, and to have had conversations f2f and email with him. He's one of those amazing people, with a tremendous amount of things worth saying, and which he says very well, for whom I say: "If he is scheduled to give a talk anywhere within driving distance of you, for Heaven's sake drive there and observe him!"
I believe that he's Curator of the Vatican Meteorite Collection, among many other duties.
The video of Bro. Guy's Boskone presentation is now on-line. Real Player and a broadband connection is needed to view.
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