nawl

In honor of my physics final tomorrow that I am currently not studying for, a few quotes from prof. Lanzara:

"What we want to find: who is E1?"

"Particle will be scattering in the All direction."

"... is a very interesting, if you want, piece of science."

I'm attracted to the zen-like quality of her English mistakes. Who *is* E1? Physics would be so much more satisfying if they phrased problems like "what is the buddha-nature of E1?" I also like the concept of an All direction, and being able to take a little piece of science home with me.

On a similar and yet philosophically opposite note, I noticed some odd emphases in my textbook. Specifically, it bolds important words for us in the text, presumably to make it easier to skim for important ideas: "This idea is often called Planck's quantum hypothesis..." "The photoelectric effect..." "... called the work function..." etc.

So why, uh, "... if an electron collides with a positron, the two annihilate each other..." (p. 957 in Giancoli vol. II)