 T D Lee’s 80th birthday party Originally uploaded by betsythedevine. |
On September 29, 2006, Columbia threw an 80th birthday party for T D Lee, who won a Nobel Prize in 1957 when he was a mere infant of 31.
Because I’m from NH, rides around Manhattan up on top of a bright-red tourist bus ensued. I even persuaded a few much more sophisticated friends to join me–thanks to Frank, Ellie, and Ellen for going along! Do you want to know how TD Lee managed to overcome the obvious prejudice in favor of symmetry/parity? (“My left hand looks exactly symmetric to my right hand, and therefore…”, this line of reasoning would go.) Well, I wanted to know! So, after a glass of very good red wine, I asked him. He laughed and wiggled his right-hand fingers at me. “Yes, but you see the right hand holds the chopsticks,” he said. “So I knew the two sides are not really the same at all!” |
Happy 80th birthday to T D Lee!
September 29th, 2006 · No Comments
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