Ken writes:

> Thorne's discovered a new theoretical form of wormhole, but he didn't
invent
> the
>  idea, concept, or introduce it to science fiction.
>
>  The term "wormhole" dates back to 1957, coined by John Wheeler, who later
> coined the
>  term "black hole."  The concept dates back to a 1935 paper by Einstein and
> Rosen.
>  The term was used in the 1979 film "Star Trek: The Motion Picture",
several
> years
>  before Contact.  I presume it was used in print before that.

I never meant to imply otherwise. The point I was attempting to emphasize was
that this is one of the very few instances, and possibly perhaps the only
one, that a science fiction novel inititated serious scientific research.

Wirt Atmar

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