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Källén appreciated humor and had a sense for it. Here are a few examples from his correspondence. To Louis Michel, whom he considered to be the greatest French theoretical physicist, he writes, on 20 Nov. 1959:
“Dear Louis,
… We are sorry to hear about the chicken-pox your children have had. Fortunately, it is not a mortal illness and I hope they are recovering alright. Ours had it about a year ago and they are still alive.”
Christian Møller, asks Källén to give a talk at NORDITA, in Copenhagen, on 13 February 1961. Källén responds that he would like to come either a week before or after because (translated from Swedish):
It should presumably be possible for me to come on 13 February, in case of emergency, but absolutely suitable it is not. To wit, we have a birthday in the family exactly on that day, and I would very much like to be at home.
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Jarlskog, C. (2014). Sense of Humor and on Committees. In: Jarlskog, C. (eds) Portrait of Gunnar Källén. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-00627-7_12
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