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[–] amenji@programming.dev 0 points 2 months ago (2 children)
[–] gentooer@programming.dev 6 points 2 months ago (1 children)

The book "States of Matter" by David L. Goodstein.

[–] amenji@programming.dev 0 points 2 months ago

That's a good one lol, love it when a textbook has some humor.

[–] Gustephan@lemmy.world 4 points 2 months ago

I can't remember which text it is, but it opens talking about a bunch of physicists studying stat mech then suck starting shotguns. Then it goes "and now it's our turn to study statistical mechanics"