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minus-squarebarsquid@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·5 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-squareGustephan@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·5 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”
minus-squaregentooer@programming.devlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·5 months agoThe book “States of Matter” by David L. Goodstein.
minus-squareamenji@programming.devlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·5 months agoThat’s a good one lol, love it when a textbook has some humor.
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.
That’s a good one lol, love it when a textbook has some humor.