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minus-squareHupf@feddit.delinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·15 days agoNow it is our turn to study statistical mechanics.
minus-squarebarsquid@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·15 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-squareGustephan@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·15 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”
minus-squaregentooer@programming.devlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·14 days agoThe book “States of Matter” by David L. Goodstein.
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?
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”
The book “States of Matter” by David L. Goodstein.