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A Philistine asks for equal time

MAY 01, 1969
When a Philistine rooms with a physicist, who does the wiring, checks the calculations and makes the coffee?
Sister Johnell Dillon

I FELT AN URGE to speak on the side of the Philistines, after reading Henry E. Duckworth’s article “How to Live with the Philistines” (PHYSICS TODAY, September 1968, page 54). As an English teacher who roomed for two years with a physics teacher, I feel that I am a qualified spokesman.

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Volume 22, Number 5

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