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> focus on real-world problem, that real people have. Because the world would be a much better place today if we hadn’t bothered about quantum mechanics, speci
by claudius 13y ago
> focus on real-world problem, that real people have.
Because the world would be a much better place today if we hadn’t bothered about quantum mechanics, special and general relativity or even advanced mathematics to handle these topics. Sure, this sort of thing won’t solve the problems of this specific time period, but it might well be relevant to a future generation’s problems.
- bzbarsky 13y agoQuantum mechanics solved a bunch of real world problems that were relevant at the time. As one example, people were trying to predict heat capacities of gases (for things like chemical engineering industrial processes) and the theory they had, based on equipartition, produced results that didn't match experiment at room temperature. And we're not talking a few percent mismatch; we're talking significant differences. Special relativity likewise addressed specific experimental problems people were having. General relativity you may have more of a case for.