Letter (Astounding, January 1940): I Suspect "Skinner's Constant" as Being the Same as the "Bugger Factor," Defined as "That Quantity Which, Added to, Subtracted from, Multiplied or Divided by the Wrong Answer, Gives the Right Answer." We'll Put Pinkie o Work.

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Title: Letter (Astounding, January 1940): I Suspect "Skinner's Constant" as Being the Same as the "Bugger Factor," Defined as "That Quantity Which, Added to, Subtracted from, Multiplied or Divided by the Wrong Answer, Gives the Right Answer." We'll Put Pinkie o Work.
Author: Murray Lesser
Year: 1940
Type: Essays

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Unknown. Astounding Science-Fiction, January 1940 (Unknown, Murray Lesser, Street & Smith Publications, Inc., $0.20, 164 pages, pulp, MAGAZINE)

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