Re: scientific dynasties

Keith Elis (hagbard@ix.netcom.com)
Thu, 13 Nov 1997 22:41:50 -0500


Anton Sherwood wrote:

> Tony Hollick writes
> : ... I had wondered if you were related, but it seemed unfair to
> : ask you "Are you Richard Feynman's son?' -- I know that David
> : Friedman just _hates_ being referred to as 'Son-of-Milton' ...
>
> I wonder, then, why the connection is prominently mentioned
> on, for instance, the jacket-flap of David's latest book.
>

The media loves appeals to authority. Appeals to famous genes are even
better.

:-)

Keith