Articles by Henry Heatherly

In regard to the article on mentoring in the Oct. 28, 1991, issue of The Scientist [page 19], I find the comment that "it has become crucial for older, white, male scientists to become comfortable mentoring people who are not carbon copies of themselves" to be an inaccurate reflection of the way things are. I am one of those "older, white, male scientists." In my 23 years of being a professor of mathematics, I have had about as many female graduate students as males. My first doctoral student wa

In the recent article "Fossil Record Aids In Predictions Of Global Warming's Consequences" (The Scientist, May 14, page 5), it is stated that "Global change has occurred before, they warn, but not at the rate the earth's climate seems to be shifting today." I would be interested in knowing how many reputable climatologists express that point of view. In your Feb. 5, 1990, issue (page 18), William A. Nierenberg, director emeritus of Scripps Institution, wrote that the vast majority of top clima

I suggest that the word fascist not be used in articles unless the term is actually appropriate, that is, when describing a political system or philosophy that is indeed "fascist." The most recent egregious use of the term is in the article by Chris F. Reynolds (The Scientist, May 15, 1989, page 13), where he writes of "clerical procedures with an almost fascist precision." More generally, I suggest that The Scientist adopt a policy of eschewing political code words of all types and to promote t