The genie said, "For releasing me from my captivity in the bottle, I will grant each of He pulled the cork from the bottle and a genie appeared in a puff of smoke. One day, one of them picked up a small glass bottle that had washed onto the beach. They were making the best of it and had learned to survive quite ably in their primitive surroundings by forming a committee. Three academics-a physicist, a humanities scholar, and an economist-from an unnamed university found themselves stranded on aĭesert island. In the spirit of encouraging that dialogue among the diverse interests in academia I want to recount a recent anecdote. Others in order to have more time for lively discussion. That will be very difficult! I will, perhaps, be briefer than Today, I am challenged to live up to the performance of many past distinguished speakers. I remember looking forward to attending them. It is an honor to deliver a Scientia talk. I hope that they are not all in the past. I have only the fondest memories of my Rice days. If, in fact, home is where the heart is, this is really home. THE DREAM OF A COMMON LANGUAGE: MAKING THE SCIENCE NON-SCIENCE BRIDGE The Dream of a Common Language: Making The Science Non-Science Bridge | NSF – National Science Foundation DR.
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