What if Archimedes had taken a shower? I only ask because a scientific study published last week indicates that flashes of insight, like the one the great mathematician is supposed to have had, occur when the brain is relaxed and receptive - when one is lying in the bath, for example. Imagine for a moment, that we can lift the shower curtain and eavesdrop on Archimedes... "ALL I NEED is a principle. Yow, that's hot. Just a minute, OK, that's better. Bwwwwwp. Yes, a principle. Something to do with a body. (Sings) Gin a body meet a body Coming thro' the rye Gin a body kiss a body Need a bo...
