Cathryn J. Prince of Weston, Ct will discuss her book, "A Professor, A President and A Meteor - The Birth of American Science" The book centers around the crash of a meteor in Weston, Ct in 1807 and how that event connected President Thomas Jefferson and Benjamin Silliman - arguably America's first bonafide scientist. Professor Silliman's study of the meteor contradicted both popular superstitions regarding meteors (ominous portents) and common belief (they came from volcanic eruptions on the moon). How did this meteor almost drive a wedge between Thomas Jefferson and the New England states?
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