Björn Tantau@swg-empire.decake to Science Memes@mander.xyzEnglish · 16 days agoMaybe not nursery rhimes about balloonsswg-empire.deimagemessage-square9fedilinkarrow-up1248arrow-down114
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minus-squareBjörn Tantau@swg-empire.decakeOPlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up34·16 days agoNot for astrophysicists. They call basically everything a “metal”. Of course they know it’s wrong. But they keep doing it to annoy the chemists, I think.
minus-squareInternetCitizen2@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·15 days agoWe also label things as prime to trick mathematicians into thinking a derivative has occurred
Not for astrophysicists. They call basically everything a “metal”. Of course they know it’s wrong. But they keep doing it to annoy the chemists, I think.
We also label things as prime to trick mathematicians into thinking a derivative has occurred