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. To subscribe, send a message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Or go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ and click 'Join This Group!' Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
