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"Ask a Physician" has something to say about this: http://www.askamathematician.com/?p=6657 http://www.askamathematician.com/?p=6657
by aristidb 15y ago
"Ask a Physician" has something to say about this: http://www.askamathematician.com/?p=6657 http://www.askamathematician.com/?p=6657
- patrickyeon 15y ago[There should be a standard disclaimer for "I'm correcting you because I think you would benefit from knowing, not because I mean to be an ass"] A physician is a medical doctor. A physicist studies fundamental laws of our universe.
- jackpirate 15y ago[There should be a standard disclaimer for "I'm correcting you because I think you would benefit from knowing, not because I mean to be an ass"] I think it would quickly lose it's tone of respect, and take on one of sarcasm.
- wazoox 15y agoLike this one ? [not meaning to be an ass or the colloquial grammar nazi, but that's "its tone of respect", not "it's"]
- aristidb 15y agoSigh, I should have simply copy&pasted the "Ask a Physicist" from the title. And I actually know the difference between physician and physicist (when I consciously think about it), but when not careful I do sometimes mix them up.
- floriancargoet 15y agoThis article helps one to picture the thing. I recommend reading it if you didn't understand the mountain/flat bowl of stuff.
- jrockway 15y agoMuch better than the submitted article. Thanks for the link.
- pavel_lishin 15y ago> If you were standing on the edge of a face, and looked back toward the center, you’d be able to clearly see the round bubble of air and water extending above the flat surface. I strongly suspect that it would be pretty. Anyone here willing to take on the task of rendering an image of what this would look like?