Eat your heart out, Jackson

Dec 28, 2008 13:54

Graduate physics courses in classical electrodynamics are generally regarded as an excruciating experience, akin to a root canal or a typical episode of Scrubs. This dubious
distinction probably has a lot to do with the canonical text in the subject, Classical Electrodynamics by John David Jackson - a terse, horrible book with problems no on can ( Read more... )

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humanethic December 29 2008, 03:15:37 UTC
How can that be maligning if it's true? Besides which aren't you biased by being a greedy, conniving ne'er-do-well yourself?

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psipaladin December 29 2008, 16:04:23 UTC
People shouldn't reference things they can't get right. Also, everyone knows you're supposed to warp in to get your answer there sooner. It's called the Picard maneuver. But I guess the Ferengi are still a little sore about that.

Wait, this was a graduate problem? I'm going to ship you Jackson.

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kefka December 29 2008, 16:37:46 UTC
In fairness, that was from Chapter 0. But I do have a copy of Jackson. I just don't intend to do any problems from it.

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