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minus-squarebarsquid@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up13·5 months 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-up6·5 months agoThe book “States of Matter” by David L. Goodstein.
minus-squareamenji@programming.devlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·5 months agoThat’s a good one lol, love it when a textbook has some humor.
minus-squareGustephan@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·5 months 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”
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”