Math is like love -- a simple idea but it can get complicated. --
R. Drabek
Sunday, January 10, 2016
Saturday, January 9, 2016
Fortune Quote #1256
Just because they are called 'forbidden' transitions does not mean that
they are forbidden. They are less allowed than allowed transitions, if you
see what I mean. -- From a Part 2 Quantum Mechanics lecture.
they are forbidden. They are less allowed than allowed transitions, if you
see what I mean. -- From a Part 2 Quantum Mechanics lecture.
Friday, January 8, 2016
Fortune Quote #1255
It seems intuitively obvious to me, which means that it might be
wrong. -- Chris Torek
wrong. -- Chris Torek
Thursday, January 7, 2016
Fortune Quote #1254
It is true that if your paperboy throws your paper into the bushes for
five straight days it can be explained by Newton's Law of Gravity. But it
takes Murphy's law to explain why it is happening to you.
five straight days it can be explained by Newton's Law of Gravity. But it
takes Murphy's law to explain why it is happening to you.
Wednesday, January 6, 2016
Fortune Quote #1253
It is now quite lawful for a Catholic woman to avoid pregnancy by a resort
to mathematics, though she is still forbidden to resort to physics and
chemistry. -- H.L. Mencken
to mathematics, though she is still forbidden to resort to physics and
chemistry. -- H.L. Mencken
Tuesday, January 5, 2016
Fortune Quote #1252
It is not that polar co-ordinates are complicated, it is simply that
cartesian co-ordinates are simpler than they have a right to be. --
Kleppner & Kolenhow, "An Introduction to Mechanics"
cartesian co-ordinates are simpler than they have a right to be. --
Kleppner & Kolenhow, "An Introduction to Mechanics"
Monday, January 4, 2016
Sunday, January 3, 2016
Fortune Quote #1250
Isn't it interesting that the same people who laugh at science fiction
listen to weather forecasts and economists? -- Kelvin Throop III
listen to weather forecasts and economists? -- Kelvin Throop III
Saturday, January 2, 2016
Fortune Quote #1249
In science it often happens that scientists say, 'You know that's a really
good argument; my position is mistaken,' and then they actually change
their minds and you never hear that old view from them again. They really
do it. It doesn't happen as often as it should, because scientists are
human and change is sometimes painful. But it happens every day. I cannot
recall the last time something like that happened in politics or
religion. -- Carl Sagan, 1987 CSICOP keynote address
good argument; my position is mistaken,' and then they actually change
their minds and you never hear that old view from them again. They really
do it. It doesn't happen as often as it should, because scientists are
human and change is sometimes painful. But it happens every day. I cannot
recall the last time something like that happened in politics or
religion. -- Carl Sagan, 1987 CSICOP keynote address
Friday, January 1, 2016
Fortune Quote #1248
In order to make an apple pie from scratch, you must first create the
universe. -- Carl Sagan, Cosmos
universe. -- Carl Sagan, Cosmos
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