Before this sitcom about two male Caltech prodigies, their brainy buddies, and their aspiring-actress neighbor, there wasn't much room on prime-time TV for jokes about helium-neon lasers or Bose-Einstein condensates. Now the show is a hit-CBS said yes to two more seasons-but is it good for science? Henry Donahue, the CEO of DISCOVER, has sniffed that the shov "reinforces the popular stereotype that scientists are social misfits (mostly male) who can't get a date."
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