“Perhaps it will be wise to approach the subject cautiously.”
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Fuck me, I haven’t thought about bessel functions since college, but I still remember when they were introduced, for me, not in graduate physics, but in one of my earlier undergrad programming classes, the assignment went so poorly that the professor added a gimme question on the final exam, something like, “True or false: Simply seeing the words “bessel function” will raise my blood pressure.”
Simply seeing the words “bessel function” will raise my blood pressure."
With Zoidberg voice: that’s normal
That, is the best. Thank you.
That was glorious!
It’s likely that Ehrenfest’s suicidal depression was exacerbated by the rise of Fascism in his part of the world. Luckily, that won’t be a problem for … ah shit.
Genuinely the final straw in my physics undergrad. I do history now lol
As any physics student will tell you: the textbook only gets more depressing from there…
Try not to kill yourself, I guess.
What book is this
I did somewhat feel betrayed or disappointed after my thermodynamics professor made this joke, thinking it was funny, and then finding out how ubiquitous it is.
A true classic. Right up there with biographies of Cantor and “Ignition!”.
My prof called it “sadistical thermal goddammits”
