Physical Theories as Women

July 30th, 2004

From McSweeney’s:

Physical Theories as Women

By Simon Dedeo

0. Newtonian gravity is your high-school girlfriend. As your first encounter with physics, she’s amazing. You will never forget Newtonian gravity, even if you’re not in touch very much anymore.

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4. General relativity is your high-school girlfriend all grown up. Man, she is amazing. You sort of regret not keeping in touch. She hates quantum mechanics for obscure reasons.

[Via Beyond the Beyond]

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2 Responses to “Physical Theories as Women”

  1. Gary Farber Says:
    August 3rd, 2004 at 12:28 pm

    I am, it appears, your only reader who finds this stimulating, arousing, and exciting.

    Relatively speaking. It’s a leap above other notions! I hope she is just not stringing me on.

    Myself, I wouldn’t mind dating the First Law of Thermodynamics,but it’s clear the Second Law is a bad date.

    Commenting further, gravity increases, as does time and length.

  2. John Says:
    August 3rd, 2004 at 11:07 pm

    <applause>Oh, bravo Sir!</applause>

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