MMY courted Josephson because he was a top physicist, but used to 
complain that he could never get him to talk about physics. Josephson
used 
to say such memorable things as "If your mantra doesn't work, put a
bit of 
effort into it!" 

--- In [email protected], scienceofabundance
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 
wrote:

> I was in Norwich, UK at the same time - first WPA in 1979 - I still 
> remember the very same thing very well - same reaction - everyone 
> laughed uproariously through the entire thing.  In fact, a few of
us 
> went out for a drink afterwards, it was so funny. 
> 
> Another fit of the giggles was on my TTC where there was a tape of
a 
> UK physicist - Brian (?)Josephson with Geoffrey Clements. 
Josephson 
> was the ultimate eccentric - everytime he took a marker to write on 
> the board he would then put it in his shirt pocket, which soon had 
> about ten markers and Clements was left without any.  Again, the 
> whole group laughed throughout the entire tape.




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