Björn Tantau@swg-empire.de to Science Memes@mander.xyzEnglish · 1 month agoMaybe not nursery rhimes about balloonsswg-empire.deexternal-linkmessage-square9fedilinkarrow-up1243arrow-down113
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minus-squareBjörn Tantau@swg-empire.deOPlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up32·1 month agoNot for astrophysicists. They call basically everything a “metal”. Of course they know it’s wrong. But they keep doing it to annoy the chemists, I think.
minus-squareInternetCitizen2@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·1 month agoWe also label things as prime to trick mathematicians into thinking a derivative has occurred
Not for astrophysicists. They call basically everything a “metal”. Of course they know it’s wrong. But they keep doing it to annoy the chemists, I think.
We also label things as prime to trick mathematicians into thinking a derivative has occurred