Newsletter for Monday 3 March

TODAY IN SCIENCE HISTORY NEWSLETTER - 3 MARCH

Feature for Today

Book of the Day

On 3 Mar 1847, Alexander Graham Bell was born, inventor of the telephone. Today's Science Store pick is Reluctant Genius: Alexander Graham Bell and the Passion for Invention, by Charlotte Gray. While teaching the hearing impaired, he met deaf teenager Mabel Hubbard, whom he went on to marry. Her father contributed legal and business acumen to the success of Bell's invention. In this detailed and entertaining biography of Bell and his family, the author reveals not only the creation of the telephone, but also Bell's other  interests in other fields as varied as the hydrofoil, sonar, ultra sound, the iron lung, and electric heating, among others. Available Used from $0.20 (as of time of writing). Yesterday's pick: Selected Popular Writings of E.U. Condon, by Edward U. Condon For picks from earlier newsletters, see the Today in Science Science Store home page.

Quotations for Today
	"This skipping is another important point. It should be done whenever a proof seems too hard or whenever a theorem or a whole paragraph does not appeal to the reader. In most cases he will be able to go on and later he may return to the parts which he skipped." - Emil Artin, Austro-German mathematician (born 3 Mar 1898)
	"I then shouted into M [the mouthpiece] the following sentence: 'Mr. Watson—Come here—I want to see you.' To my delight he came and declared that he had heard and understood what I said. I asked him to repeat the words. He answered 'You said—'Mr. Watson—come here—I want to see you.'" - Alexander Graham Bell, inventor (born 3 Mar 1847)
	"A set is a Many that allows itself to be thought of as a One." - Georg Cantor, German mathematician (born 3 Mar 1845)

QUIZ
Before you look at today's web page, see if you can answer some of these questions about the events that happened on this day. Some of the names are very familiar. Others will likely stump you. Tickle your curiosity with these questions, then check your answers on today's web page.
Births
	Alexander Graham Bell, born 3 Mar 1847, was influenced by his grandfather (who published The Practical Elocutionist and Stammering and Other Impediments of Speech), his father (whose interest was the mechanics and methods of vocal communication) and his mother (who was deaf). This background set his course in developing the transmission of voice over wires, and the invention of the telephone. In which country was he born?
Deaths
	Albert Bruce Sabin (1906-1993) was a Polish-American physician and microbiologist best known for developing the first of a certain type of vaccine (1955), which was administered to millions of children in Europe, Africa, and the Americas beginning in the late 1950s. Which vaccine did he develop, the first of its type?
	An English physicist (1635-1703) did research in a remarkable variety of fields, but is best known for the law of elasticity, still known by his name. The day 03/03/03 is the three hundredth anniversary of his death. Can you name this scientist?
Events
	On 3 Mar of a certain year, American Telephone and Telegraph was incorporated. In what decade was AT&T incorporated?

Answers

When you have your answers ready to all the questions above, you'll find all the information to check them, and more, on the March 3 web page of Today in Science History. Or, try this link first for just the brief answers. Fast answers for the previous newsletter for March 2: rutherfordium; Howard Carter; "Why is the night sky dark if there are so many bright stars all around to light it?"; the decade including the year 1969; Pioneer 10.

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