AN UNCOMFORTABLE JUXTAPOSITION — by Steve Nadis
I interviewed an astronomer yesterday who wrote an equation almost 50 years ago that has since become famous. In fact, it appeared in a book of the famous equations of the 20th century, right up there along with E=mc^2. That made him uncomfortable, as he didn’t think his equation belonged in that company.
I actually think his equation deserved to be in the book, as it has been quite influential, but I still know what he means. I once wrote a knock-off news item about cars that appeared in compilation book called ELEMENTS OF WRITING, right alongside an excerpt of Martin Luther King’s “I Had a Dream” speech.
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