Niekiletta U. Woullard
Chapter President, Society of Physics
Students
Department of Physics and Astronomy
University of Southern Mississippi
26 August 2001
Marc H.
Brodsky (via e-mail)
CEO and
Executive Director
American
Institute of Physics
One Physics Ellipse
College
Park, Maryland 20740
Dear Mr.
Brodsky:
If the
termination of Mr. Schmidt was in fact due to the subject matter of his book
and his activities to further the beliefs expressed therein, you have done the entire
scientific community a great disservice.
Even as an undergraduate, I have encountered some of the problems
Schmidt explores in Disciplined Minds.
This situation brings to mind a statement made by Albert Einstein:
"Great spirits have always encountered violent opposition
from mediocre minds."
It is
unfortunate that such mediocre minds continue to suppress the spirit and
creativity of physicists.
Niekiletta Woullard