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Article #1303Re: DAMN, THAT'S COOL! (Help a fellow geek)
From: William R. Penrose
Date: Fri, 31 Jan 1997 00:00
Date: Fri, 31 Jan 1997 00:00
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In article <32F1936D.2A85@worldnet.att.net> Larks <Larks@worldnet.att.net> writes: >> It is one of those weird things that calculus does, when you calculate >> surfaces and volumes of revolution. >In my experience, calculus does no weird things. However, there are >plenty of weird explanations offered for things people don't fathom >about calculus. Philosophers of science like to get all excited about the fact that the universe obeys mathematical laws, but when you start tinkering with infinity, all sorts of bizarre and nonintuitive things happen. For example, a friend claimed to have proved that if you had an object that was infinitely rigid, you could never move it. It would take an infinite force to set it in motion. By the converse argument, I can prove that my son is absolutely rigid. Bill ******************************************************** Bill Penrose, President, Custom Sensor Solutions, Inc. 526 West Franklin Avenue, Naperville, IL 60540 630-548-3548, fax: 630-369-9618 email wpenrose@interaccess.com ******************************************************** Applications of gas sensors: Contract R&D, product development, and consultation. ********************************************************
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X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: f4886,b17588395f17b4cc X-Google-Attributes: gidf4886,public X-Google-Thread: 109d8a,b17588395f17b4cc X-Google-Attributes: gid109d8a,public X-Google-Thread: 102cdf,b17588395f17b4cc X-Google-Attributes: gid102cdf,public X-Google-Thread: 10b271,b17588395f17b4cc X-Google-Attributes: gid10b271,public X-Google-Thread: 1119a6,b17588395f17b4cc X-Google-Attributes: gid1119a6,public From: wpenrose@interaccess.com (William R. Penrose) Subject: Re: DAMN, THAT'S COOL! (Help a fellow geek) Date: 1997/01/31 Message-ID: <wpenrose.368.0020D3F4@interaccess.com> X-Deja-AN: 213501784 references: <5cmpbo$nds@agate.berkeley.edu> <01bc0db2$216f18c0$b8ad11cf@lucasea-home> <wpenrose.354.00550F9D@interaccess.com> <32F1936D.2A85@worldnet.att.net> organization: InterAccess,Chicagoland's Full Service Internet Provider newsgroups: alt.folklore.science,sci.math,sci.physics,bionet.general,sci.chem