discussion The greatest introduction to a textbook ever

[InvaderZim]

This first paragraph of Goldstein's textbook "States of Matter" is hard to beat in my opinion.
But, post your favorites.

BTW: This was the subject of my grad thesis. Might explain a lot, might not.

 

[Shadefang]

This first paragraph of Goldstein's textbook "States of Matter" is hard to beat in my opinion.
But, post your favorites.

BTW: This was the subject of my grad thesis. Might explain a lot, might not.

I love that I was able to guess which one you were talking about

 

[Karamchad]

Clearly the greatest of all is the
"You might ask yourself how I got myself into this situation, well let me explain..."

 

[strazaq]

I'm quite sure it was the first and the last time when you laughed reading that book.

 

[InvaderZim]

There might have been some crying...

 

[InvaderZim]

Clearly the greatest of all is the
"You might ask yourself how I got myself into this situation, well let me explain..."

Where was that from again?

 

[ThrivesOnSandwiches]

That's amazing

 

[User_62717]

I just showed my family and they all looked at me like I was an idiot. Apparently, only certain kinds of people see the humor.

 

[InvaderZim]

I just showed my family and they all looked at me like I was an idiot. Apparently, only certain kinds of people see the humor.

It's a geek thing.

 

[Sandman9]

That 's from an actual textbook?

 

[InvaderZim]

Indeed it is.

States of Matter (Dover Books on Physics)

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[bigo245]

great start but dang it you got me going down a rabbit hole researching this man