[SEL] OT: Physics Help

[maytagtwin at aol.com]

Hi Dave,
You are so right!  Furthermore, should said mathematician focus on that point called "zero" and even, heavens forbid, explore negative numbers, his mental capacity can be sucked up by the vacuum, not a pretty sight.

If the mathematics student manages to survive the course, and if he really fails to understand all this "line" and "point" business it doesn't mean he cannon have a successful career in poitics, or even mortgage banking.  

Regards,
Ron Carroll
Clearmont, Missouri, USA 






-----Original Message-----
From: Dave Rotigel <rotigel at me.com>
To: The SEL email discussion list <sel at lists.stationary-engine.com>
Sent: Thu, Apr 7, 2011 11:34 am
Subject: Re: [SEL] OT: Physics Help


While I would concur that mathematics IS a rough approximation of the  
real world", we must always remember that the basis of mathematics is  
he line. Further that a line is made up of a series of points.  
emembering that a "point" has neither width nor breath nor depth this  
eans that mathematicians spend a large amount of their time thinking  
bout NOTHINGNESS. This (i.e. thinking about NOTHINGNESS) leads  
necessarily) to a decline in mental capacity!
   Dave
On Apr 7, 2011, at 12:10 PM, Arnie Fero wrote:
> Tom,

 That is so true.  In the course of earning a BS ME and an MS NE I  
 took many courses
 in calculus, differential equations, and advanced calculus.  But you  
 really don't
 LEARN that material until you take your various physics and  
 engineering courses and
 need to apply it.

 See ya,  Arnie

 On Wed, April 6, 2011 9:43 pm, Thomas Mull wrote:
> Unfortunately, you will find that all of the sciences beyond simple  
> high school
> science is mostly math. The farther you go in the study of science,  
> the more it
> becomes nothing but applied mathematics. You might want to take a  
> math refresher
> course before attempting physics.
______________________________________________
EL mailing list
EL at lists.stationary-engine.com
ttp://www.stationary-engine.com/mailman/listinfo/sel