Asimov Quote?

[Barbara Need]

A Google search for "Asimov funny" gets numerous hits attributing
this quote to him--what I have not seen is a proper citation!

Barbara

Barbara Need
UChicago

>I understand that the following is frequently attributed to Isaac Asimov:
>
>"The most exciting phrase to hear in science, the one that heralds new
>discoveries, is not 'Eureka!' but 'That's funny...'"
>
>Trouble is, despite some searching, I've not been able to track down a
>source for it.  I'd like to check his _Book of Science and Nature
>Quotations_, but I don't have ready access to this work.
>
>Any clues as to whether this is something he observed?
>
>-- Bonnie
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