Date: Mon, 13 Mar 2006 19:04:37 -0600
From: Michael Sallman <msallman
To: Dirk Terrell <terrell
References: <200603131532.k2DFWrh13634

Dirk and all,

Dirk Terrell wrote:

> As I said, that might be too costly for a lot of people in terms of
> time and perhaps money. I'd be willing to take a couple of weeks of
> vacation time to come and lead classes on things like stellar structure
> and evolution, stellar atmospheres, binary stars, analysis of
> eclipsing/spectroscopic binaries, computational astrophysics and
> introduction to astrophysics. If there are people who want to learn, I
> will come teach.

This is something I would love to see happen! The observational aspect
is great and interesting in it's own right, but I want to understand why
these stars do what they do. I've been trying to pick up some of these
things on my own, and with ALOT of help from the likes of Dirk, Arne,
John Greaves, and many others who have taken the time to answer my
newbie questions. I've bought a few books, and downloaded a busload of
papers. I've even been toying with the idea of going back to school.

All I can say is....

Mike SVI


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