Christopher A. Beattie has joined the Luxuriant Facial Hair Club for Scientists (LFHCfS) and the Luxuriant Flowing Hair Club for Scientists (LFHCfS). He says:
I am a mathematician working in areas related to computational linear algebra and dynamical systems and I respectfully request consideration for admission to The Luxuriant Facial Hair Club for Scientists. I confess that I am clean shaven (on good days) however, it is on the basis of my eyebrows that I petition for membership. I am confident that I would qualify also for The Luxuriant Flowing Hair Club for Scientists, yet it seems not so much my scalp hair as my eyebrows that have proven capable of sparking interest and conversation (e.g., “Can you actually see through that?” etc.). The causal chain may appear somewhat oblique, yet I am convinced that my eyebrows have aided in disseminating my research and thus have kept it fresh and relevant. On this basis, I request admission to this elite group of hairy scientists. .
Christopher A. Beattie , LFHCfS
Professor, Department of Mathematics
Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University
Blacksburg,Virginia, USA
