BruceH

I have the first two JSP's, but not "In Rome." God knows, I'll probably get that too, some day.

You mean Teller? What a dick.

James Clerk Maxwell. Max Planck.

Of course, Darwin's always right up there. Ya gotta love Darwin. Unless you're a religious fundamentalist kook.

I like Richard Feynman quite a bit, if not for anything else then the Feynman integral. A couple of great bios on him is Genius (Pantheon) and The Beat of a Different Drum (Oxford). Gleick's 'Genius' is easier to read then Mehra's 'Drum,' which goes into the physics and math in more detail. I recall the Gleick book to be a very good read. No love for Niels? Bohr was obviously a great physicist and great interpreter of abstract results, but in my view not quite a revolutionary in the field. He definitely makes the short list (most Nobel winners do, I suppose), but not, IMO, the REAL short list. You say you want a revolution? (Ary?)

I'm leaving him out on the grounds that he was a looney tune. But he's right up there, of course: The three laws of motion, the Principia, the law of gravition, that town in Massachusetts, not to mention the fig thing...

The best burgers in the known universe are at Bill's on Clement Street.

"Bring the Blue Note Jubilee"

Skitch Patterson. No, that's not right...

He is, after all, arguably the greatest Australian recording artist of all time, for whatever that's worth... Ouch, matey!

So this is why they killed off brick-and-morter stores?

Depends on who's in the next cubicle... Exactly----I was thinking I could be won over to this idea, but it would all depend on what the woman in question looked like. Hey, don't call me shallow, this is a RELIGIOUS issue! (Christopher Hitchens is seeming more and more reasonable.)

Frankenstein? Yeah, him! Szilard, not only because his name is an anagram for "lizards" but also because he wrote some great science fiction stories as well as being a great nuclear physicist (the guy who thought up the chain reaction!). Yes indeed. That's almost like coming up with...the hamburger or something!

I like Richard Feynman quite a bit, if not for anything else then the Feynman integral. A couple of great bios on him is Genius (Pantheon) and The Beat of a Different Drum (Oxford). Gleick's 'Genius' is easier to read then Mehra's 'Drum,' which goes into the physics and math in more detail. I recall the Gleick book to be a very good read. No love for Niels?

Happy Birthday Jim! You are the best!

I've long had a lot of admiration for Niels Bohr. (Leo Szillard is another favorite; right on, conn!) For mathematicians: Leonard Euler (not that I really understand much mathematics, mind you.)

Congratulations and best wishes!!

Oh yeah!

Nuggets II But I find if it's a three-disc comp. of a single artist, I usually favor the second, or middle, disc.

The Bunny Berigan. Glad I got this before it ran out.

I kind of like Philippe Entremont.

Cool site! Thanks for posting!

I predict you're going to be happy with Jazz Impressions of Eurasia.

What the HELL??? That is fucking insane!

The Criterion has landed. "Have you ever seen one of your victims?" "Victims? Don't be melodramatic. Look down there. Would you really feel any pity if one of those dots stopped moving forever? If I offered you twenty thousand pounds for every dot that stopped, would you really, old man, tell me to keep my money? Or would you calculate how many dots you could afford to spare? Free of income tax, old man, free of income tax. It's the only way you can make any money nowadays."