From: John Received-Date: Sat, 19 Feb 94 01:33:14 +0100 I do remember a letter Newman wrote to the head of the Physics Department at Rice University [where I majored in Chemical Engineering]. Newman got back a condescending letter telling him it looked like he had some aptitude for science and that he should attend a good university and get a classical education and he might amount to something. No attempt was made to evaluate his ideas.