http://www.orangewallaby.net/wall/2006/physics-for-the-rest-of-us personal and professional notes from a naive chemistry professor Wed, 20 May 2009 18:19:07 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.3 http://www.orangewallaby.net/wall/2006/physics-for-the-rest-of-us/comment-page-1#comment-4892 Dad Tue, 08 Aug 2006 02:46:45 +0000 http://www.orangewallaby.net/wall/2006/physics-for-the-rest-of-us#comment-4892 Obscure effects are named by the 19th century lad who discovered them, and referenced without explanattion or citation. Q.e.d. is no longer merely a Latin abbreviation. "It can easily be demonstrated" means about a day and a half- a 'good' day, that is. Sometimes never. The author was merely fairly sure of the matter, and didn't want to spend the time working it out. Or, he knew it would take him 36 pages beyound the publisher's limit--perhaps you could do it in less, and send it to him. Many of the references will be JETP (in Russian) or Zeits. or Ann. der Physik, or maybe in Hungarian. The obscure symbols will have been defined in a handbook (12 volumes) in 1926, in German. Obscure effects are named by the 19th century lad who discovered them, and referenced without explanattion or citation.
Q.e.d. is no longer merely a Latin abbreviation.
“It can easily be demonstrated” means about a day and a half- a ‘good’ day, that is. Sometimes never. The author was merely fairly sure of the matter, and didn’t want to spend the time working it out. Or, he knew it would take him 36 pages beyound the publisher’s limit–perhaps you could do it in less, and send it to him.
Many of the references will be JETP (in Russian) or Zeits. or Ann. der Physik, or maybe in Hungarian.
The obscure symbols will have been defined in a handbook (12 volumes) in 1926, in German.

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