LL-L "Names" 2004.05.23 (08) [E]

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From: Sandy Fleming <sandy at scotstext.org>
Subject: "Names" [E]

> From: Pat Reynolds <pat at caerlas.demon.co.uk>
> Subject: LL-L "Names" 2004.05.19 (05) [D/E]
>
> I think it was 'nominal determinism'.
>
> I enjoyed them too - this was during the period 1993-1998, if it helps
> people to search the archives.

While looking through my books this morning I came across a booklet
"Bizarre Tales from New Scientist". It had a chapter on "Nominative
Determinism", so here are some examples - just a selection.

Some astronomers:

Alan Heavens, University of Edinburgh;
Charles Telesco, NASA;
Sumner Starrfield, Arizona State University;
Richard Starr, NASA;
Stella Law, Queen Mary and Westfield College, London.

Some other professionals:

Malcolm Bolton, expert in Reinforcement Engineering at Cambridge University;
John Fish, marine biologist at Aberystwyth;
David H W Grubb, executive director of Feed the Children;
C L Chew, expert in jaw musclature at the National University of Singapore;
Con Allday, public relations officer at Sellafield nuclear power station;
Claus Bang, internationally-recognised Danish authority on music for the
deaf;
David Nutter, producer of the TV series "The X-Files";
Karen Bond, inventor of various adhesive mixtures;
Will Drown, area sales manager for Crewsaver (a company making lifejackets).

Some books:

The Polar Regions and the Future of the Planet, by Daniel Snowman;
The Complete Book of Dogs, by A J and H A Barker;
The Long Thirst: Prohibition in America, by Thomas M Coffey;
The Atom Bomb, by David Killingray;
The Case Against Death, by Richard Lazarus.


Sandy
http://scotstext.org/

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