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Reuven
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It's a good review! But as a physics major and a pedant, I feel compelled to point out that the second block quote misrepresents your knowledge of physics; someone must have thought "thirty-two feet per second per second" was a misprint.
This, uh... this is a ridiculous comment to be making. In my own defense, I've been grading intro-physics labs all evening and I'm in a brainstate to notice that kind of thing.
It was almost like that in the printed book! The copyeditor thought "thirty-two feet per second per second" was a misprint. When I put it back in, she was like, "Okaaay, if that's the way you want it..." as if it were a matter of taste.
2 comments:
It's a good review! But as a physics major and a pedant, I feel compelled to point out that the second block quote misrepresents your knowledge of physics; someone must have thought "thirty-two feet per second per second" was a misprint.
This, uh... this is a ridiculous comment to be making. In my own defense, I've been grading intro-physics labs all evening and I'm in a brainstate to notice that kind of thing.
It was almost like that in the printed book! The copyeditor thought "thirty-two feet per second per second" was a misprint. When I put it back in, she was like, "Okaaay, if that's the way you want it..." as if it were a matter of taste.
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