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Stumbleupon Review Three men are in a hot-air balloon. Soon, they find themselves lost in a canyon somewhere. One of the three men says, “I’ve got an idea. We can call for help in this canyon and the echo will … Continue reading →

Stumbleupon Review There was a mad scientist ( a mad …social… scientist ) who kidnapped three colleagues, an engineer, a physicist, and a mathematician, and locked each of them in seperate cells with plenty of canned food and water but … Continue reading →

Stumbleupon Review Here’s a limerick I picked up off the net a few years back – looks better on paper. 3^(1/3) / | 2 3 x 3.14 3_ | z dz x cos( ———-) = ln (\/e ) | 9 … Continue reading →

Stumbleupon Review Moebius always does it on the same side. Heisenberg might have slept here.

Stumbleupon Review Q: Why did the mathematician name his dog “Cauchy”? A: Because he left a residue at every pole. Q: Why is it that the more accuracy you demand from an interpolation function, the more expensive it becomes to … Continue reading →

Stumbleupon Review “Algebraic symbols are used when you do not know what you are talking about.”

Stumbleupon Review Q: What’s purple and commutes? A: An abelian grape. Q: What’s yellow, and equivalent to the Axiom of Choice? A: Zorn’s Lemon.

Stumbleupon Review Doin’ it : Q – T Quantum physicists 1. Quantum physicists can either know how fast they do it, or where they do it, but not both. 2. Quantum physicists can either know when they do it, or … Continue reading →

Stumbleupon Review Doin’ it : M – P Markov 1. Markov does it in chains. Mathematical physicists 1. Mathematical physicists understand the theory of how to do it, but have difficulty obtaining practical results. Mathematicians 1. Mathematicians do it associatively. … Continue reading →

Stumbleupon Review Doin’ it : G – L Galois 1. Galois did it the night before. Galois theorists 1. Galois theorists do it in a field. Game theorists 1. Game theorists do it by dominance or saddle points. 2. Game … Continue reading →