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We had a physics prof infamous for "randomly" regrouping a bunch of constants into a new unitless (or just combined) constant. Except he never explained it; a n
by elcritch 5y ago
We had a physics prof infamous for "randomly" regrouping a bunch of constants into a new unitless (or just combined) constant. Except he never explained it; a new "α'" would just appear and bunch of old constants were gone! It was frustrating at first, but then we discovered how handy it was to do and our cohort nicknamed the "method" after him. It was common to ask each other 'did you "Rebka-tize" that term here?'.
- mhh__ 5y agoThat kind of trick is honestly the reason why I don't like reading engineering textbooks. A physicists prose is usually better, sure, but I'm not very good at reading so that doesn't bother me: What I can't stand is cumbersome notation, which many mathematical (i.e. FEM) engineering books I've read suffer from immensely.