Wednesday, May 8, 2013

A Mathematicians Miscellany by J. E. Littlewood (1953)


"Charles Darwin had a theory that once in a while one should perform a damn-fool experiment. It almost always fails, but when it does come off is terrific. 

"Darwin played the trombone to his tulips. The result of this particular experiment was negative."



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