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Sheenagh Pugh wrote:

> Anyone out there know who Sidney Harris is/was? I only
> know him as the author of this pricelessly unromantic
> quote:
>
> "I love hearing that lonesome wail of the train
> whistle as the magnitude of the frequency of the wave
> changes due to the Doppler effect."  -- Sidney Harris
>

Sid Harris is a cartoonist whose cartoons usually have
a scientific theme.  My favourite showed Einstein writing
on a blackboard.  He had already crossed out e = ma2
 and e = mb2, and was just getting to...

I can't guarantee we are talking about the same person,
but it sounds likely to me.

Kari




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