Saturday, June 04, 2005
Mike Everhart: Wonder in the Fossils
Red State Rabble is a big fan of Mike Everhart's Oceans of Kansas website. Now, Roy Wenzl of the Wichita Eagle has written a lyrical profile of Everhart, "Wonder in the Fossils:"
A rare, great read about the power of science to inspire awe.
[O]ut in Ellis County or south of Castle Rock, where the dry chalk stretches to the horizon under the blue bowl of heaven, Mike Everhart found himself staring thoughtfully at the ground.
He worked on fossils.
By coincidence, his new book, "Oceans of Kansas: A Natural History of the Western Interior Sea," arrives in stores just as conservative members of the state board of education consider revisions to the teaching of evolution in schools.
A rare, great read about the power of science to inspire awe.
