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Via Physics Buzz, The things I didn’t believe in graduate school
Graduate school is a hazing ritual, designed to make sure you really truly want to be allowed through the gates into the Ivory Tower. Those who don’t want it hard enough, generally can’t make it through the gauntlet of tests, homework sets, research walls and [...]
The Make-Believe World of Real-World Physics (Eric Mazur)
Mazur argues that — mostly through our textbooks — we paint a picture of physics that is
Really weird
Different from the real world
Truly confusing
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Silly art makes us look weird
Misplaced realism makes physics different
Lack of precision confuses
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