 What was the name that came to mind when people thought of 
 mathematician or scientist in the passage?
Why, having a head, of course! [Transcriber's Note: This etext was produced from Worlds of If Science Fiction, September 1962. Extensive research did not uncover any evidence that the U.S. copyright on this publication was renewed.] But Macklin is exactly what we need for a quick, dramatic test. "Somehow the men with the money just can't seem to understand basic research. Who would have financed a study of cyclic periods of the hedgehog? "When we prove our results that should be of enough practical value for anyone. " Our discovery," Mitchell said politely. But I'm not sure it would be completely ethical with even a discovery partly mine." Our reputations don't go outside our own fields," Mitchell said. "But now Macklin—" Elliot Macklin had inherited the reputation of the late Albert Einstein in the popular mind. He was the man people thought of when the word "mathematician" or even "scientist" was mentioned. No one knew whether his Theory of Spatium was correct or not because no one had yet been able to frame an argument with it. The government took up a lot of his time using him as the symbol of the Ideal Scientist to help recruit Science and Engineering Cadets. For the past seven years Macklin—who was the Advanced Studies Department of Firestone University—had been involved in devising a faster-than-light drive to help the Army reach Pluto and eventually the nearer stars. Mitchell had overheard two coeds talking and so knew that the project was nearing completion. If so, it was a case of Ad astra per aspirin . Despite his impressive body, some years before he had suffered a mild stroke ... or at least a vascular spasm of a cerebral artery. A cycle of the headaches had caused him to be absent from his classes for several weeks, and there were an unusual number of military uniforms seen around the campus. "He's always treated me like dirt," Ferris said heatedly. "Everyone on this campus treats biologists like dirt.
 Macklin
 Macklin  Mitchell  Harold  Ferris