Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 9/18/84; site ecsvax.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!mhuxr!mhuxt!houxm!whuxl!whuxlm!akgua!mcnc!ecsvax!hes From: hes@ecsvax.UUCP (Henry Schaffer) Newsgroups: net.physics Subject: Re: Monkey Query Message-ID: <705@ecsvax.UUCP> Date: Wed, 6-Nov-85 22:43:18 EST Article-I.D.: ecsvax.705 Posted: Wed Nov 6 22:43:18 1985 Date-Received: Sun, 10-Nov-85 06:35:03 EST References: <705@sri-arpa.ARPA> <667@ecsvax.UUCP> <87@noscvax.UUCP> Organization: NC State Univ. Lines: 11 > I posed this problem to a theoretical physicist ... > Today I received a memo from him. It started: > "Assume a spherical monkey.........." > > Martin Jordan jordan@nosc.arpa That reminds me of the study a local biomathematician did on milk production. It started out, "Assume a spherical cow radiating milk isotropically ..." (Being a biomathematician at times I can tell this story!) --henry schaffer (I feel sorry already.)