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Nature 407, 445 (28 September 2000) | doi:10.1038/35035261

Non-scientists thanked for vital help in Kansas

Matthew Buechner1

  1. Department of Molecular Biosciences, 8035 Haworth Hall, University of Kansas, Lawrence, Kansas 66045-2106 , USA

Sir — We appreciated your News story ( Nature 406, 552–553; 2000) about the role of scientists in restoring modern science standards to elementary and high-school classes in Kansas. We would like to point out, however, that our efforts, and the similar efforts of scientists in New Mexico, would have come to nought without the many non-scientists who were willing to devote hundreds of hours to this issue, and who were willing to drag us out of the laboratory.