Quarks and Clarification

Abstract

I was flattered that you devoted several columns in the March 1992 issue to a profile of me. The profile was, of course, not flattering, but perhaps ii gave some of the flavor of what I am like when in an unusually bad mood after a sleepless night. I had kidded around with reporter John Horgan as I would have with an old drinking buddy; had I been less tired, I would have known better and treated him the way a suspect should treat a homicide detective.

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