Re: Aether, light, and mediums ... mmmmkay?
From: Cozmo Man (cozmologist_at_scientist.com)
Date: 06/24/04
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Date: Wed, 23 Jun 2004 21:07:54 -0700
Bill Hobba wrote:
> "Cozmo Man" <cozmologist@scientist.com> wrote in message
> news:20040623002136.524$vM@news.newsreader.com...
>> A physicist cannot have enough mathematics. As you describe the
>> books you used to learn the physics I am reminded of those, by
>> contrast, who struggle to grasp the mathematical aspects of
>> physics in even the more baby-book approaches. Knowing the
>> mathematics permits you the luxury of devoting your effort to
>> understand the physics rather than struggle along with the math.
>> Enjoy your advantage!
>
> Thanks for the kind words but fairness demands I add a few
> comments. Yes it does allow you to concentrate on understanding
> the physics but at the cost of loosing a 'feel' for the subject.
If you do not now have that "feel" for the physics then you never did.
Some of us are lucky enough to have a "feel" for one or the other, but
people like Einstein and Feynman had a "feel" for both. Knowing
mathematics could only enhance a "feel" for the physics, not cause you
to lose it.
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