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From: barb@oliven.UUCP (Barbara Jernigan)
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Subject: Re: "Science made stupid" An incredibly funny book
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Date: Wed, 16-Oct-85 18:41:14 EDT
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> 
> Lauren says:
> >I have to second this.  It's hilarious from cover to cover, including
> >the typography/printing notice at the end.  The more science you
> >know, the funnier this book becomes.  HIGHLY recommended.
> 
> I say:
> Are you people serious?  The only positive thing about that book is
> that it complies with the truth-in-advertising principle.  It said
> it was stupid, and it is.  The home geiger counter is stupid enough
> to be funny, but most of the rest of it is just stupid.
> --JB        (Beth Christy, U. of Chicago, ..!ihnp4!gargoyle!sphinx!beth)

Herein lies the rub.  For some *Science Made Stupid* is the funniest thing
(save a few Far Sides) that they have ever read -- well, *almost* that
funny.  For many, the response is:  "Huh?"

You either get the jokes or you don't.  Thumb through the book before
you buy.  (But I have noticed non-science oriented people REALLY don't
get the jokes.)

                                      Barb