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From: olson@batcomputer.TN.CORNELL.EDU (olson)
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Subject: Re: SURELY YOU'RE JOKING, MR. FEYNMAN
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Date: Mon, 28-Apr-86 09:44:58 EDT
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In article <244@uw-vlsi.ARPA> li@uw-vlsi.UUCP (Phyllis Li) writes:
>_Surely_You're_Joking,_Mr._Feynman_  is the story of an inquisitive mind set
>loose in the world of science and wonder.  
>
> [... excellent remarks but removed for brevity ...]
>
>His book isn't Art or Science, it's Fun and Living.
>
>					Liralen Li

Well said!
    (and I'm glad you said it because I couldn't have said it half so well)


PS. I hope that people out there take Feynman's remarks on high school 
  textbooks to heart, and if they have the chance, do something to improve
  the books because far too many of them really are abismal.

Todd Olson
    (also from Caltech)

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