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[Phys-L] Re: Stories from Harpers: Radioactive Boyscout



Well, I've read and greatly enjoyed the book, which my dept
chair now is reading. It's a real book, and seems plausible
from what I recall. I'm not a nuclear physicist. Dan M


On Jan 27, 2006, at 6:09 PM, Marc "Zeke" Kossover wrote:

--- Jack Uretsky <jlu@HEP.ANL.GOV> wrote:

I suggest that this story is in the same category as
the story about the
kid who supposedly asked for the library book and
was interviewed by the
FBI.

I'm confused. Do you believe that this story as
published in Harper's Magazine was made up or heavily
embellished? My school has ProQuest and it was easy
enough to look up the article. A more or less complete
version can be found here
<http://www.geektimes.com/michael/culture/humor/items/Geekish/
radioactive.html>

Or is it your complaint that the article cited in the
earlier post
<http://www.dangerouslaboratories.org/radscout.html>
is very bad editing job of the original Harper's?

Marc "Zeke" Kossover





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