Re: I was a Physics Major, with a minor in Calculus

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SM — 5/31/2002 3:30:42 PM (archived)

The profound difference in teaching methods would have the obvious result....

Engineer: "I have chosen this formula from chapter 34 of my thermodynamics text to solve this adiabatic flow problem for a PW-1200 engine at an rpm of 56,000 and ...."

Physicist: "Ok, why did you choose this formula?"

Engineer: "Because the chapter was entitled 'Adiabatic Flow Examples' and I thought it might be the right one...."

Physicist: "Do you even know where this formula came from and what assumptions are inherent in its derivation ?!"

Engineer (making straining noises): "....DUUUUUUHHHHHH..... " (followed by silence)

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You Might Be a Physics Major -- If . . . - D. Spires - 5/30/2002 11:35:45 AM
- Re: I was a Physics Major, with a minor in Calculus - SM - 5/31/2002 3:03:06 PM
  - Re: I was a Physics Major, with a minor in Calculus - SM - 5/31/2002 3:17:41 PM
    - Re: I was a Physics Major, with a minor in Calculus - SM - 5/31/2002 3:30:42 PM
    - All of us in calculus were minors. n/t (n/t) - Bowser - 5/31/2002 3:26:04 PM
- How to Make an Atomic Bomb . . . - D. Spires - 5/30/2002 11:40:16 AM
  - Re: How Not to Make a Terrorist Bomb - Tom Brosz - 5/30/2002 4:28:27 PM
    - Been thought of. - Bowser - 5/30/2002 6:13:39 PM
  - Maybe we are near the "end of science". lol (n/t) - ebnelson - 5/30/2002 3:59:15 PM
  - I particularly enjoyed - RNE - 5/30/2002 12:42:46 PM

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