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I Remember My Friend Johnny Von Neumann Used To Say, 'with Four Parameters I Can Fit An Elephant And With Five I Can Make Him Wiggle His Trunk.'
-Enrico Fermi
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I Remember My Friend Johnny
Enrico Fermi
I Remember My Friend Johnny Von Neumann Used To Say, 'with Four Parameters I Can Fit An Elephant And With Five I Can Make Him Wiggle His Trunk.'
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