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发信人: asdf (变量), 信区: Science
标  题: 费曼故事(十七)
发信站: 紫丁香 (Tue Jun 30 21:58:36 1998), 转信

寄信人: physics (物理~_|_~抖擞精神走向新未来)
标  题: 费曼故事 2(转寄) (转载)
发信站: BBS 水木清华站 (Wed Apr  9 13:59:29 1997)
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;37m【以下文字转载自 2mphysics 7m的信箱】
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发信人: tnt (TNT), 信区: Physics
标  题: fy
发信站: 空间科学BBS站 . Fri Mar 28 06:36:42 1997

                             Murray and Richard

     � � � � Once I made the mistake of inviting both Feynman and
     Murray Gell-Mann over for dinner with a couple of other guests.
     Almost the entire evening was spent with the two of them sparing
     back and forth, "You don't have to say that, I already know that."
     Then the other one would say something, and again, "You don't have
     to say that, I already know that." Back and forth it went. My wife
     Laura turned to Gweneth Feynman, and said, "Why do they even
     bother?" Gweneth responded, "We try to keep them apart as much as
     possible."

     � � � � Later that evening, we were all sitting around the table
     talking when someone said something and Murray Gell-Mann remarked,
     "Oh, that's a pleonasm." Everyone went, "What?" "It's a sentence
     with a triple redundancy," Gell-Mann stated. Gell-Mann is well
     known among his associates for his pedantic knowledge of language
     and facts. Feynman and I sneaked into my library where we looked
     it up in the dictionary. Gell-Mann was right. Feynman hit his fist
     on the table, and exclaimed, "DAMN IT! He's always GODDAMNED
     right, always!" "Let's see if we can catch him tonight," I
     replied.

     � � � � Later in the evening, the subject of antiquarian books on
     witchcraft came up and Gell-Mann said, "Do you know the Malleus
     Maleficarum written by James I in 1623?" "No, Murray, the Malleus
     Maleficarum was written by Sprenger and Kramer in 1486, James I
     wrote the Demonology in 1597," I said authoritatively. Gell-Mann,
     looking very astonished, turned and said, "WHAT?" At that moment
     there was the great beginnings of a smile on Dick's face, but it
     hadn't been proved yet. Gell-Mann again said, "WHAT?" I pulled out
     my Encyclopedia on Witchcraft and verified the titles, authors,
     and dates. Feynman slid under the table laughing, and roaring,
     "Let the trumpets roar and the angles sing! I'll never let you
     forget this, Murray! I knew it was an act all along!"

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