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I read Ulysses as a precocious kid of 11. I had a first edition of Finnegan's Wake, which was popular with pretentious Cambdridge Undergrads. I remember the first and last lines still.
Martin Gardner, who wrote the popular "Mathematical Games" section of Scientific American, wrote a great piece on the book, and I managed to finish it after reading that.
Did you know that "Quarks" were named by the physicist Murray Gell-Man, who was a fan of Finnegan's Wake, after the line "Three Quarks for Mrs Mark" -- referring to the three flying ducks popular as wall decorations with the lower-middle classes?
Martin Gardner, who wrote the popular "Mathematical Games" section of Scientific American, wrote a great piece on the book, and I managed to finish it after reading that.
Did you know that "Quarks" were named by the physicist Murray Gell-Man, who was a fan of Finnegan's Wake, after the line "Three Quarks for Mrs Mark" -- referring to the three flying ducks popular as wall decorations with the lower-middle classes?