About the Compilers
Carl C Gaither was born on 3 June 1944 in San Antonio, Texas. He hasconducted research work for the Texas Department of Corrections, the LouisianaDepartment of Corrections, and taught mathematics, probability, and statisticsat McNeese State University and Troy State University at Dothan. Additionallyhe worked for ten years as an Operations Research Analyst. He receivedhis undergraduate degree (Psychology) from the University of Hawaii andhas graduate degrees from McNeese State University (Psychology), North EastLouisiana University (Criminal Justice), and the University of SouthwesternLouisiana (Mathematical Statistics).Alma E Cavazos-Gaither was born on 6 January 1955 in San Juan, Texas. San Juan has the name of a big city but in Texas it’s just a small border town. She haspreviously worked in quality control, material control, and as a bilingual datacollector. In addition to compiling the quotations for this science quotation bookseries she is also an SK1 in the United States Navy Reserve. She received herassociate degree (Telecommunications) from Central Texas College and presentlyis working toward a BA degree with a major in Spanish and a minor in Art.Together they selected and arranged quotations for the books
StatisticallySpeaking: A Dictionary of Quotations
(Institute of Physics Publishing, 1996),
Physically Speaking: A Dictionary of Quotations on Physics and Astronomy
(Instituteof Physics Publishing, 1997),
Mathematically Speaking: A Dictionary of Quotations
(Institute of Physics Publishing, 1998),
Practically Speaking: A Dictionary of Quotations on Engineering, Technology and Architecture
(Institute of PhysicsPublishing, 1999) and
Medically Speaking: A Dictionary of Quotations on Dentistry, Medicine and Nursing
(Institute of Physics Publishing, 1999).
About the Illustrator
Andrew Slocombe was born in Bristol in 1955. He spent four years of his lifeat Art College where he attained his Honours Degree (Graphic Design). Sincethen he has tried to see the funny side to everything and considers that seeingthe funny side to science has tested him to the full! He would like to thank Carland Alma for the challenge!
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