Status Updates From History Matters

“As a writer, I’m interested in the creative drive, the continuity of a civilization, the connection between one generation and the next…. How does one generation break away from the preceding one, and what does it gain or lose by doing so?”

“Like a lot of people, I had been told as a youngster, ‘You’re good at English and history; best stay away from science and math.’ I had no mathematics beyond algebra, no science courses except for geology. The Roebling papers were a great lesson because I found not only that I could handle technical material, but that it was extremely interesting.”