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Tiger Woods Gives Science Education a Boost

Posted by samzenpus on from the no-such-thing-as-bad-publicity dept.

theodp writes "After a copy of Get a Grip on Physics appeared in police photos of Tiger Wood's golf club/hydrant-damaged SUV, the book's Amazon sales rank jumped from 396,224 to 2,268. 'I'm delighted,' said author John Gribbin upon hearing that Tiger was in possession of his layman's guide to physics. 'I write books about science for people who aren't scientists so he's exactly my target audience.'"

5 comments

  1. Infidelity leads to education by Nialin · · Score: 1

    This just goes to show you that cheating on your spouse CAN aid in progress for mankind.

    1. Re:Infidelity leads to education by rwa2 · · Score: 2, Funny

      As the joke goes... keep a mistress. So the wife will assume you're with the mistress, the mistress will assume you're with the wife, and you can sneak off to the lab and get some work done!

    2. Re:Infidelity leads to education by natehoy · · Score: 1

      Or, in Tiger's case, sneak out and play a round of golf. :)

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    3. Re:Infidelity leads to education by FragHARD · · Score: 1

      or maybe.... He was just going out for driving lessons????

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  2. Roll the presses! by conureman · · Score: 1

    Looks like the price is going up.

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