fossilesque@mander.xyzM to Science Memes@mander.xyzEnglish · 15 days agoPhysicsmander.xyzimagemessage-square25fedilinkarrow-up1741arrow-down18
arrow-up1733arrow-down1imagePhysicsmander.xyzfossilesque@mander.xyzM to Science Memes@mander.xyzEnglish · 15 days agomessage-square25fedilink
minus-squareHupf@feddit.delinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up46·14 days agoNow it is our turn to study statistical mechanics.
minus-squarebarsquid@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up14·14 days agoI love that quote. I should buy that book just as an artifact to make me happy every time I see it. The absolute pinnacle of self-aware humor.
minus-squaregentooer@programming.devlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·13 days agoThe book “States of Matter” by David L. Goodstein.
minus-squareamenji@programming.devlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·11 days agoThat’s a good one lol, love it when a textbook has some humor.
minus-squareGustephan@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·14 days agoI can’t remember which text it is, but it opens talking about a bunch of physicists studying stat mech then suck starting shotguns. Then it goes “and now it’s our turn to study statistical mechanics”
Now it is our turn to study statistical mechanics.
I love that quote. I should buy that book just as an artifact to make me happy every time I see it. The absolute pinnacle of self-aware humor.
Which book?
The book “States of Matter” by David L. Goodstein.
That’s a good one lol, love it when a textbook has some humor.
I can’t remember which text it is, but it opens talking about a bunch of physicists studying stat mech then suck starting shotguns. Then it goes “and now it’s our turn to study statistical mechanics”