Footnote Physicist

          “Yes, always use the median.  In Russia the watches are not made very well, so when friends get           together they compute the times on their watches.  One says 5 minutes to 5, another says 5 o'clock,           the other says 11 o'clock.  Use the median!”           – Yakov Zeldovich (as relayed by J. Richard Gott) I                     “And as for my gambling, it's true I lost it all a few times.  But that's because I always took           the long shot and it never came in.  But I still have some time before I cross that river.  And if           you're at the table and you're rolling them bones, then there's no money playing it safe.  You have           to tak...