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From: David Bowman [mailto:dbowman@TIGER.GEORGETOWNCOLLEGE.EDU]
Sent: Thursday, January 23, 2003 12:10 PM
To: PHYS-L@lists.nau.edu
Subject: Re: Einstein vs Garrison Keiler
ng Bob S.'s question:
On today's (Jan 23) "Writer's Almanac" NPR program, GarrisonKeiler said:
"It's the birthday of experimental poet Louis Zukofsky, bornon the Lower
East Side of New York City in 1904. He once wrote, 'Everything should be
as simple as it can be...not simpler.' "info one way
I always thought this was an Einstein quote. Can anyone add
or the other?
Interesting. I, as well, had always seen the quote attributed to
Einstein. I wonder who was first. One point of reference is that a
quick Google search on the phrase:
+"should be as simple as possible" +"but not simpler" +Einstein
yielded 652 hits. But a search on the phrase:
+"should be as simple as possible" +"but not simpler" +Zukofsky
yielded zero hits. Also a Google search on:
+"should be as simple as it can be...not simpler" +Zukofsky
yielded exactly 1 hit, and that was the MPR site for Keillor's
radio almanac.
David Bowman