“To get to the last equality, the steps should be obvious. If they aren’t, please close this book and find something easier to read.”
05 Dec 2018
“I’m going to get started early and finish this way before the deadline!”
(Ten minutes later.)
“Well, maybe I’ll just take it easy. I mean, just look at how much time is left!”
03 Dec 2018
As you do more problems, you groan at an “easy” but tedious integration, but you love it when you can pull out a neat trick to simplify things.
28 Nov 2018
Science is less about abrupt phase changes and more about slowly convincing your critics that what you say makes sense.
23 Nov 2018
Seriously, it feels like the authors of textbooks are sometimes just trying to mess with me.
21 Nov 2018
“We’re working with professionals here, not some young grad students!”
“But what about the grad students like me who are trying to learn from our paper?”
“I’m sure they will figure it out.”
16 Nov 2018