Daniel Fischer

FOCAL POINTWhy Oddball Ideas Have It Tough in ScienceAs THE AUTHOR of a weekly science column in the Boston Globe, I frequently receive oddball theories from out-of-the-mainstream amateur scientists. These range from the clever and thoughtful to the merely silly Many seek to prove Einstein wrong....

FOCAL POINTIs an Astronomy Degree Useful?IF THE CLASS of 1978 from University College London is typical, graduates with degrees in astronomy do well in a variety of fields even astronomy.I suspect that, like me, all the fresh young faces entering that august institution in 1975 planning to study...