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- From: rperkins@astro.as.arizona.edu (Rachel J. Perkins)
- Newsgroups: rec.humor
- Subject: Re: I don't get 10/28 Far Side
- Message-ID: <1992Nov21.035419.27677@organpipe.uug.arizona.edu>
- Date: 21 Nov 92 03:54:19 GMT
- References: <BxBI83.Iy1@ars2.uucp> <1992Nov20.205610.3803@GTEtele.com>
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- In article <1992Nov20.205610.3803@GTEtele.com> hewitt@GTEtele.com (Mark Hewitt) writes:
- >Mike Schlosser (mikes@ars2.uucp) wrote:
- >: In <Bx5Kp0.E6K@wang.com> dbushong@wang.com (Dave Bushong) writes:
- >:
- >: >I don't understand the Far Side calendar for Wednesday, Oct. 28. On a
- >: >shelf there are three pickle-jar type things (like lab specimens)
- >: >and the caption is "Broca's brain, appendix, and baseball glove"
- >:
- >: >I guess Broca must be someone or some piece of culture that I
- >: >skipped over in my life.
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- >
- >Uhh...guess nobody reads Asmiov around here.
- >
- >"Broca's Brain" is the title of a science fiction novel.
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-
- uh, guess again. 'broca's brain' is a part fiction, mostly non-fiction
- book by carl sagan. broca was a scientist in (i believe) the late 19th to
- early 20th century who studied the human brain. he had a collection of brains
- which is now housed in the french 'musee d'homme' in paris. his brain has
- been added to the collection. the book is about the methods and thoughts
- behind scientific research through time (among other things). not a bad book
- for an elitist, pontificating fraud.
-
- bah.
- --
- -just give me what for,
- rachel perkins = rperkins@astro.as.arizona.edu
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