“Captain Roker, I don’t like your insinuation,” he said. “McAndrew is a physicist—so am I. You may not be… — Charles Sheffield
“Captain Roker, I don’t like your insinuation,” he said. “McAndrew is a physicist—so am I. You may not be smart enough to realize it, but physics is a field of study, not a surgical operation. Castration isn’t part of the Ph.D. Exams, you know.”
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