OT: If you're bored when it's raining

[Kevin Stone]

"Kevin Stone" wrote:

>> but I read physics

Where read is the past tense of 'to read'

--
Kev

 

[Tony Raven]

Kevin Stone wrote:
>
> I'm a physicist [1]...
>
>
>
> [1] technically, I'm a theoretical mathematician, but I read physics at
> Keele.
>

That's alright - physics is a subset of mathematics these days ;-)

Tony

 

[Tony Raven]

Paul Rudin wrote:
>
>
> Physics is applied maths, chemistry is applied physics, biology is
> applied chemistry

Maths is applied religion ;-)

Tony

 

[Paul Rudin]

Tony Raven <[email protected]> writes:

> Kevin Stone wrote:
>> I'm a physicist [1]...
>>
>> [1] technically, I'm a theoretical mathematician, but I read physics
>> at
>> Keele.
>>
>
> That's alright - physics is a subset of mathematics these days ;-)

Physics is applied maths, chemistry is applied physics, biology is
applied chemistry

 

[Simon Brooke]

in message <[email protected]>, Kevin Stone
('[email protected]') wrote:

> "Helen Deborah Vecht" wrote:
>
>> Where are you then?
>
> Stoke-on-Trent, and it's currently raining! I admit it didn't rain
> yesterday (and it was very hot), but it's rained for 34 days in the
> last 40.

Saint Swithin's day, if thou be fair...

Having said that we've seen relatively little rain in Southern Scotland
this year.

--
[email protected] (Simon Brooke) http://www.jasmine.org.uk/~simon/

See one nuclear war, you've seen them all.

 

[Tony Raven]

Paul Rudin wrote:
>
>
> You missed a step - maths is applied logic, logic is applied religion
>


You haven't seen my maths ;-)

Tony

 

[Tony Raven]

Simon Brooke wrote:
>
>
> .... and mathematics is a minor but interesting branch of philosophy.
>

Cogito ergo sum*

Tony

*I think therefore I add up

 

[Paul Rudin]

Tony Raven <[email protected]> writes:

> Paul Rudin wrote:
>> Physics is applied maths, chemistry is applied physics, biology is
>> applied chemistry
>
> Maths is applied religion ;-)

You missed a step - maths is applied logic, logic is applied religion

 

[Jon Senior]

Tony Raven [email protected] opined the following...
> Cogito ergo sum*

Sum ergo edo?

Jon