Steve Chawkins in the Los Angeles Times
Friday, September 26, 2014, 12:09 PM LA time —
"Tom Tombrello, a Caltech physics professor for more than
50 years and an inspiration for freshmen who had to grapple
with diabolically complex riddles to enter his legendary class
on scientific thinking [Physics 11], has died. He was 78.
Tombrello collapsed Tuesday [Sept. 23, 2014] on a bus
between terminals at London's Heathrow airport, his wife,
Stephanie, said. The cause of his death has not yet been determined….
… Tombrello accepted only a handful of students for each year's
session of Physics 11."
How many students is a handful?
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