Punning boffins knockin’ on Bob Dylan’s door for inspiration
As Tim Sandle ofreveals, many scientists are Dylan fans and since 1970 the singer-songwriter’s lyrics have been cropping up in their research papers. To date, 727 papers have been tracked as featuring Dylan’s verse.
Dylan’s lyrics and song titles often crop up as cringe-inducing puns, including a stem cell investigation, Like a Rolling Histone, and a germination study titled Knockin’ On Pollen’s Door. An editorial in , about the risk of hang gliding, was titled Blowin’ in the Wind.
