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[–] [email protected] 46 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Now it is our turn to study statistical mechanics.

[–] [email protected] 14 points 4 months ago (1 children)

I love that quote. I should buy that book just as an artifact to make me happy every time I see it. The absolute pinnacle of self-aware humor.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 4 months ago (2 children)

Which book?

[–] [email protected] 7 points 4 months ago (1 children)

The book "States of Matter" by David L. Goodstein.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 4 months ago

That's a good one lol, love it when a textbook has some humor.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 4 months ago

I can't remember which text it is, but it opens talking about a bunch of physicists studying stat mech then suck starting shotguns. Then it goes "and now it's our turn to study statistical mechanics"