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	John Dobson -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
		John Dobson was the only amateur astronomer highlighted in the PBS series The Astronomers, and has appeared twice on (Click link for more info and facts about The Tonight Show) The Tonight Show when hosted by (Click link for more info and facts about Johnny Carson) Johnny Carson.
		John Dobson, himself, is a popular and famous figure among astronomers, and he travels to many amateur meetings and star parties around the world.
		Dobson is a strong critic of the ((cosmology) the cosmic explosion that is hypothesized to have marked the origin of the universe) Big Bang model that is accepted by most cosmologists, labelling it as "fudge without walnuts".
	www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/j/jo/john_dobson.htm (1146 words)

	John Dobson (architect) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		John Dobson (1787 – 1865) was a 19th century English architect in the neoclassical tradition.
		Dobson was also responsible for many country houses, neo-classical villas, and churches, both in the city and in the surrounding region.
		Along with his contemporary Richard Grainger, Dobson is widely recognised as one of the most important architects of 19th century Newcastle.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/John_Dobson_(architect) (272 words)

	@geocities - A Biography of John Dobson
		John Dobson was born in Peking (Beijing), China, on September 14, 1915.
		John has helped to simplify the art of mirror making, enabling thousands of kids and adults with no previous experience or special training in optics, to experience the joy of turning slabs of glass into powerful "eyes into the heavens" with their own hands.
		John and The Sidewalk Astronomers continue to serve the public with large telescopes, providing free "star parties" and slide shows under dark skies and city lights, encouraging the citizens of this planet to think and wonder about the Universe, and giving them a chance to see its beauty with their own eyes.
	www.geocities.com /CapeCanaveral/6389/Page1.htm (1276 words)

	About John Dobson
		John Dobson, co-founder of the Sidewalk Astronomers and builder of telescopes, is a groundbreaking thinker and teacher.
		John Dobson is perhaps best known for his work in the design and construction of telescopes, however, as most telescopes made today use what is known as a "Dobsonian" mount.
		John Dobson's scientific musings are very thought provoking and, like Einstein's Relativity, require us to re-examine many of our long-held views.
	www.geocities.com /milivoi/Vedanta/dobson.htm (471 words)

	John Dobson (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
		John Dobson was born in Peking, China, on September 14, 1915.
		John's dad accepted a teaching position at Lowell High School and taught there from 1927 until he retired in the 50's.
		When John was still a youngster, he started asking questions about the nature of the world in which we live.
	www.telescopesineducation.com /dobson/bio.html (250 words)

	Telescopes.com - John Dobson (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
		John Dobson, the “Pied Piper of Astronomy” and inventor of the Dobsonian celestial telescope, will be in Duluth on Sunday, March 6.
		Dobson then jury-rigged an altazimuth mount (which allows the instrument to be trained both vertically and horizontally) from a plywood box, creating the first Dobsonian telescope in 1956.
		Dobson is to speak Saturday at the Minnesota Museum of Science and Industry in St. Paul under sponsorship of the Minnesota Astronomical Society.
	m4.telescopes.com /johndobson.html (705 words)

	Unlocking Canadian Capital - Mr. John Dobson and Mr. Ian Soutar
		Dobson and I are pleased to have the opportunity to appear before your committee to discuss the issue of capital gains taxation.
		Dobson nor I is an economist and we are really not capable of giving you any kind of quantitative study that could justify that statement.
		Dobson: A few years after his term, the British chancellor who put that ruling in for the mutual funds was asked by the head of the Adam Smith think tank in London what his biggest regret was.
	oldfraser.lexi.net /publications/books/capital_gains/section_16.html (10494 words)

	John Dobson (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
		John Dobson is best known for developing methods for making inexpensive telescopes that rival the quality and size of those used in professional observatories.
		Dobson graduated as a chemist from Berkeley, then worked for the government during World War II before joining a Vedanta monastery in 1944.
		Dobson will talk about how the universe works, what it is made of, how life can exist, where God may fit in, and much more.
	www.seansastronomyshop.com /dobson.html (462 words)

	SPACE.com -- John Dobson: Amateur Astronomy's Revolutionary
		Strutting around the lawn of the Vedanta monastery in Hollywood, California, John Dobson, cracks the whip on a rag-tag assembly of wannabe astronomers who are grinding their slabs of glass into the shape of a telescope mirror.
		Dobson, a former Vedanta monk, was thrown out of the order for being absent from the monastery on too many occasions: He was out showing off his telescopes at local parks.
		For Dobson, an alternative to this dichotomy came in 1944 when he attended a lecture by a monk from the Vedanta order, a spiritual sect that takes its inspiration from Hinduism and instructs its followers to accept all religions as valid.
	www.space.com /scienceastronomy/astronomy/dobson_astronomer_000507.html (826 words)

	National Addiction Centre - John Dobson Memorial Foundation
		John Dobson was a unique person, combining a sharp evidence-based approach with a deep caring for people.
		The John Dobson Memorial Foundation was set up to perpetuate the values, energy and personal qualities he brought to bear in the care and treatment of people with drug and alcohol and broader mental health problems and to the public advocacy of their plight.
		John Dobson Scholarships were established in 1999 and each year up to three $1,000 scholarships are awarded to applicants who, in the opinion of the JDMF executive and following consultation with the nominated referees, present the best applications in furthering the aims of the Foundation.
	www.chmeds.ac.nz /departments/psychmed/treatment/jdmf.html (415 words)

	John Dobson, the original amateur astronomer, turns 85
		To visual astronomers John Dobson is a living legend, the man who out of necessity invented the type of telescope that today dominates visual astronomy.
		Dobson was so taken with the beauty revealed by his telescopes that he spent much of his time outside the monastery walls, teaching neighborhood children and families how to make and use their own telescopes But his frequent absences for astronomical activities put him at odds with his strict monastic order.
		Dobson’s avid disciples eventually came to be known as the Sidewalk Astronomers.
	www.space.com /peopleinterviews/dobson_birthday_000912.html (790 words)

	John Dobson: A Brief Biography
		John continues to provide guidance and inspiration by his enthusiastic, selfless public service and his genuine love and concern for this planet and those that live on it.
		John Dobson was born in Peking (Beijing), China, on September 14, 1915.
		John had to screen his own sand for grinding and made his own rouge out of garden supplies (ferrous sulfate and oxalic acid).
	www.johndobson.org /articles/johndobson.html (1409 words)

	Joe Orman's Astronomy Articles - Meeting John Dobson (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
		John Dobson (right) and friends reinstall the mirror in a sidewalk telescope.
		Dobson said the weather had been clear and a good crowd had come out to look through the scopes the previous night.
		John Dobson is still going strong on his mission to bring the cosmos to the people.
	pages.prodigy.net /pam.orman/joearticles/JoeArticle10.html (395 words)

	35 Who Made a Difference: John Dobson (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
		John Dobson, the father of sidewalk astronomy, the designer of a portable mount that supports his large, inexpensive telescopes, and, perhaps, astronomy's greatest cheerleader, brought the farthest stars to the man on the street.
		Though Dobson seems oblivious to the impact he makes on others, he is a cult figure to thousands of amateur astronomers who have read about him in books and articles.
		Dobson and his crew later loaded an old school bus with big telescopes and toured the national parks, deploying Long Eye, Little One, Psychedelic Zebra and the 24-inch behemoth, Delphinium.
	www.smithsonianmag.si.edu /smithsonian/issues05/nov05/35_dobson.html (1106 words)

	SideWalk Astronomers - Articles (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
		John Dobson, itinerant telescope inventor, rogue cosmologist, onetime Vedanta Society monk and an unflagging inspiration to amateur astronomers around the world, is 90 years old and on th...
		John Dobson has been called the "Pied Piper of Astronomy," the "Star Monk," and the "MacGuyver of Astronomy." He is arguably one the most influential personalities in amateur astronomy in...
		Strutting around the lawn of the Vedanta monastery in Hollywood, California, John Dobson, cracks the whip on a rag-tag assembly of wannabe astronomers who are grinding their slabs of glas...
	www.sidewalkastronomers.us /articles (1699 words)

	John Dobson back in town (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
		John Dobson, the founder of our merry worldwide band of Sidewalk Astronomers is back in town for a few days.
		The third JD related topic is a local sidewalk astronomer with a 16 inch telescope had to move and the telescope is being stored by someone who cannot store it anymore.
		John would like this telescope to go to someone who, in his words "is a hardcore sidewalk astronomer", and will use the telescope for sidewalk astronomy.
	www.whiteoaks.com /pipermail/sfevents/2001-July/000044.html (323 words)

	ipedia.com: John Dobson Article (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
		John L. Dobson is a highly influential amateur astronomer who has been dubbed the "pied piper of astronomy" and the "star monk".
		His maternal grandfather founded Peking University, his mother was a musician, and his father taught zoology at the University.
		It covers Dobson's background and his philosphy on astronomy and the universe, and the importance of popular access to astronomy for proper a appreciation of the universe.
	www.ipedia.com /john_dobson.html (285 words)

	Building Telescopes — San Francisco Sidewalk Astronomers
		John Dobson, founder of the Sidewalk Astronomers, invented a telescope design called the "Dobsonian" telescope.
		John Dobson will be teaching his telescope making classes (with Sidewalk Astronomer Ken Frank as his teaching assistant) starting October 5 at the Randall Museum in San Francisco.
		John Dobson designed this variation of his original telescope for looking at the Sun safely.
	sfsidewalkastronomers.org /telescopes/building (361 words)

	The Sidewalk Astronomers, San Francisco (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
		John Dobson, written by Pam Reid of the Hollywood Sidewalk Astronomers (and edited by John himself), visit the
		John was featured in the PBS series, The Astronomers, and was a guest on The Johnny Carson Show, a couple of years ago.
		As Donald Goldsmith writes in his companion book to the aforementioned PBS series, "Not everyone liked him [John]: Most serious amateur astronomers love technology and spend years improving their one-of-a-kind instruments..." It is also true that John can be brusque, and downright rude, to those who don't know him, or his message.
	members.aol.com /raycash/si00005.htm (327 words)

	John Dobson has been on a single (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
		John Dobson has been on a single-minded mission to bring the wonders of the skies to earth, making them accessible to the everyday person.
		John will most likely field questions and wax philosophical on optics, cosmology, the Big Bang theory (he thinks it’s wrong) and the foibles of modern astronomy.
		John Dobson will be bringing a lesson to us that for decades he has been preaching -- the riches of the heavens are there for the taking by anyone with a few simple materials and the yearning to tour the skies.
	www.vcas.org /Meetings/dobson.html (189 words)

	John Dobson visits East TN astronomers in January 2004 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
		John Dobson, inventor of the Dobsonian mount for telescopes, co-founder of The Sidewalk Astronomers, and unprecedented cosmologist will visit us over the period Jan. 14-18.
		John is being sponsored jointly by SMAS (Smoky Mountain Astronomical Society), ORION (Oak Ridge Isochronous Observation Network) and TAO (Tamke-Allan Observatory, a division of Roane State Community College).
		John's presentations are free (he won't have it any other way).
	www.smokymtnastro.org /dobson (254 words)

	This is The North East \| CommuniGate \| Transportation
		The bus company was founded by John Dobson of Charltons about 1916 with a Charabanc taking people on bus trips to Whitby etc. It developed into a regular service in 1920 and continued until 1930 until it was run off the road by United.
		This photograph was taken about 1913, John Dobson at the wheel of a 1902 de Dion Bouton, said to be the first Taxi in Cleveland.
		This is a photo of Claphow Bridge which was taken by John Dobson in 1963.
	www.communigate.co.uk /ne/lingdaleitshistory/page49.phtml (180 words)

	"You Silly Goose!" Building a Telescope with John Dobson (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
		It was Halloween, and Dobson presided over a witches' brew of melted pitch, bubbling on a hot plate.
		Dobson poured this "Mars bar" mixture on each student's grinding tool, then pressed a dowel to create grooves in the mixture.
		Dobson said, "The curve must be accurate to within one one-thousandth the thickness of Saran Wrap." I put the un-aluminized mirror in the telescope, pointed at a streetlight on the Bay Bridge, and defocused the eyepiece.
	www.jotabout.com /portuesi/astro/sillygoose.html (713 words)

	El Prado Taos Bed Breakfast Inn New Mexico Accommodation Lodging Hotel NM Northern
		At Dobson House bed and breakfast inn, you have it literally at your feet.
		Dobson House has been crafted to be gentle to the environment.
		Dobson House is 13 miles north of the Taos Plaza and due west of Mt. Wheeler and Taos Ski Valley.
	www.virtualcities.com /ons/nm/t/nmt7602.htm (492 words)

	Staff: Dobson
		The Dobson group has been able to demonstrate in-principle extensions of DFT methods to these difficult cases, using very simplified model systems.
		We are currently working to make these methods practically useful on real systems, with a view to assisting modelling in the physical, chemical and biological systems generally.
		While we have solved this model for the plasmon modes in very simple geometries (quantum wells) there is a need for efficient algorithms in more interesting geometries.
	physics.sci.gu.edu.au /dobson.html (419 words)

	DBLP: John E. Dobson
		John E. Dobson, Cliff B. Jones, Rob Procter, Mark Rouncefield, Robin Williams: Editorial message: special track on inter-disciplinary approaches to the design of dependable computer systems.
		Chudge, John E. Dobson, Ros Strens: ORDIT: a new methodology to assist in the process of eliciting and modelling organizational requirements.
		John E. Dobson, John A. McDermid: A Framework for Expressing Models of Security Policy.
	www.informatik.uni-trier.de /~ley/db/indices/a-tree/d/Dobson:John_E=.html (356 words)

	Sidewalk Astronomers
		Numerous lectures on astronomy will be held inside the library along with our very own John Dobson giving a cosmologicaly enlightening discussion.
		John Dobson is available to talk to your astronomy club, or do a series of talks about cosmology, or perhaps a telescope building workshop.
		John travels the country every year and we are presently filling in his time for 1999.
	www.geocities.com /CapeCanaveral/6389 (554 words)

	John Dobson (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
		At the Parliament of Religions in Chicago in 1993, a session on Religious Responses to the Big Bang was held with Ian Barbour as chief speaker.
		The following is extracted from Dobson's replies to question put by the publisher of "Open Court", who subsequently published a book entitled Cosmic Beginnings and Human Ends.
		For one who feels that the Big Bang cosmology is not well supported by the observational evidence, and for one who suspects that the universe may not have had a beginning at all, any discussion of "cosmic beginnings" with respect to the "origin" of the universe must take on a rather odd look.
	www.vedanta-atlanta.org /articles/PROvisions/Dobson.html (398 words)

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