ATDTDA (1): Professor Gibbs (p. 29: 31)

[Mark Kohut]

There is nothing good to Lombroso's theories. Look at the Ewens
   recent Typecasting and you will see why.

Tore Rye Andersen <torerye at hotmail.com> wrote:
  Monte sez:

>The Gaddis-L annotations site links to a good brief appreciation from the
>American Institute of Physics (and what a quintessentially New England face
>in the photo!):
>
> http://www.aip.org/history/gap/Gibbs/Gibbs.html

I wonder what Lombroso would say about that mug. His forehead does seem kind 
of low for a genius - nothing like the great, domed forehead of James Clerk 
Maxwell:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Clerk_Maxwell

It can't be a coincidence that good citizens such as Brock Vond and 
Inspector Aychrome (AtD 606) are both disciples of Dr. Cesare Lombroso - 
surely there must be something to his theories. Gibbs' low forehead may not 
rule out genius, but it does seem to hint at certain character flaws - what 
moral deficiencies...what dark secrets?

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