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discntnt_irny_srcsm

(18,475 posts)
Sat Jun 1, 2013, 08:21 PM Jun 2013

Just for fun: Objects at rest

In the beginning there was Aristotle,
And objects at rest tended to remain at rest,
And objects in motion tended to come to rest,
And soon everything was at rest, and God saw that it was boring.
Then God created Newton,
And objects at rest tended to remain at rest,
But objects in motion tended to remain in motion,
And energy was conserved and momentum was conserved and matter was conserved,
And God saw that it was conservative.
Then God created Einstein,
And everything was relative,
And fast things became short,
And straight things became curved,
And the universe was filled with inertial frames,
And God saw that it was relatively general, but some of it was especially relative.
Then God created Bohr,
And there was the principle,
And the principle was quantum,
And all things were quantified,
But some things were still relative, and God saw that it was confusing.
Then God was going to create Furgeson,
And Furgeson would have unified,
And he would have fielded a theory,
And all would have been one,
But it was the seventh day,
And God rested, and objects at rest still tended to remain at rest.

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Just for fun: Objects at rest (Original Post) discntnt_irny_srcsm Jun 2013 OP
Brilliant! Sekhmets Daughter Jun 2013 #1
No discntnt_irny_srcsm Jun 2013 #2
I haven't seen it before this... Sekhmets Daughter Jun 2013 #3
I also like: discntnt_irny_srcsm Jun 2013 #5
I am impressed! Sekhmets Daughter Jun 2013 #6
Impressive??? Not really. discntnt_irny_srcsm Jun 2013 #8
My work in class may have inspired... discntnt_irny_srcsm Jun 2013 #4
Love it! Sekhmets Daughter Jun 2013 #7
Awesome ismnotwasm Jun 2013 #9
Now and then I remember something... discntnt_irny_srcsm Jun 2013 #10
An old fave or two... rrneck Jun 2013 #11
For you, sir early in the AM: discntnt_irny_srcsm Jun 2013 #12
LOL! rrneck Jun 2013 #13
nothing is more useful in understanding the universe... discntnt_irny_srcsm Jun 2013 #14

Sekhmets Daughter

(7,515 posts)
6. I am impressed!
Sat Jun 1, 2013, 08:42 PM
Jun 2013

A physics major... I always wished I had worked harder in math in high school and followed a different path through college.

discntnt_irny_srcsm

(18,475 posts)
8. Impressive??? Not really.
Sat Jun 1, 2013, 08:50 PM
Jun 2013

The best thing about Physics was courses in my major never closed out. No one wanted them.

rrneck

(17,671 posts)
11. An old fave or two...
Sat Jun 1, 2013, 11:18 PM
Jun 2013
If it stinks, it's chemistry. If it's slimy, it's biology. If it doesn't work, it's physics.

When you get your undergraduate degree you think you know everything.
When you get your masters you find out you know nothing.
When you get your doctorate, you find out nobody else knows anything either.

discntnt_irny_srcsm

(18,475 posts)
12. For you, sir early in the AM:
Sun Jun 2, 2013, 07:29 AM
Jun 2013

There once was a fellow named Fisk,
Whose fencing was exceedingly brisk.
So fast was his action,
The Fitzgerald contraction
Reduced his rapier to a disk.

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