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"Only by reputation," she said. She started to reach for a tissue, but caught herself. She would not cry. "I'd read some of their papers," she continued, "and seen their names in professional journals. You have to understand, these were some of the most brilliant people in the field. Professor Fontaine's textbook is the bible of fractal geometry." "You never met them or spoke with them on the phone?" "No." "Ever correspond with them?" "No." I leaned back and laced my fingers together behind my head. "You said you had planned to ask five experts to critique your paper?" "Yes." "And three are dead?" "Yes." "Who were the other two?" "Norbert Solomon at LSU and Mimi Townsend at MIT." A math professor named Mimi? "Did they review it?" "Yes." "Anyone else?" "Ive asked several others to look at it. I still expect to present it this fall." I closed my eyes for a moment to process what I'd learned. "How many people in this country would you say are experts in fractal geometry?" "I think most major universities now offer at least one course in the subject." My years as a trial lawyer had so conditioned me that my first instinct was to rise and object to her answer as non- responsive. But I didn't. She wasn't on the witness stand and I was no longer practicing law. I rephrased the question. "Would it be correct to say that not everyone who teaches a basic course in fractal geometry is an expert?" "Yes, I suppose that's true."