Subject: Quotes from lecturers at Cambridge University, England [original author unknown] ******************************************************************************* This file contains a list of quotes from people in mathematical or scientific circles at Cambridge University, England (hehehe, never miss a chance to put the Cambridge people down, especially if you study at Oxford). ******************************************************************************** 1985: Overheard at a supervision : Supervisor : Do you think you understand the basic ideas of Quantum Mechanics ? Supervisee : Ah! Well,what do we mean by "to understand" in the context of Quantum Mechanics? Supervisor : You mean"No",don't you? Supervisee : Yes. The Tautology prize goes to the lecturer who uttered the gem: " If we complicate things they get less simple." This year's modesty award is given for a phrase spoken by a lecturer after a rather difficult concept had just been introduced. " You may feel that this is a little unclear but in fact I am lecturing it extremely well." Overheard at last year's Archimedeans' Garden Party : " Quantum Mechanics is a lovely introduction to Hilbert Spaces !" A Senior mathematician was asked which language he used for some of his computing. He replied that he used a very high level language: RESEARCH STUDENT ******************************************************************************