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Paraphrased from Ernest Rutherford, All Science is Either Physics or Coin CollectingSo if you are good at physics and coin collecting, congrats! You are good at all science!  Edited by 0xDA71D
11/01/2014 10:30 pm
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I believe the quote is "All science is either physics or stamp collecting." But with a few semantic distinctions and disambiguations, I'm sure stamps can be changed to coins.
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Ha ha perfect! My wife and I stayed up into the early hours of the morning today; her working on a physics exam, and me sorting cents for my kids' Lincoln albums!
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Ernest Rutherford had little esteem for other sciences, it seems... considering them not more difficult than stamp (or coin) collecting.
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This Rutherford character sounds like Dr. Sheldon Cooper.
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Perhaps Rutherford had some talent, but could he do this...?   Edited by scottk
11/13/2014 11:45 pm
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In my high school, the science department was set up so that students took general science, biology, chemistry, and physics. In that order. I have later come to believe that physics should be taught before chemistry. Chemistry is much like small scale physics. I enjoy the subject only as far as Newtonian physics, and often considered adding some comments to the "cats in space" thread.
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Without mathematics Rutherford would not have had a leg to stand on. |
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NIce to see a thread mentioning a famous New Zealander.
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11/14/2014 05:05 am
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Where does coin collecting fall?
That's nice that Rutherford is a New Zealander. I learn something everyday.
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I was a physics major (way back when) before taking a degree in an unrelated field. Still read about developments, but only superficially nowadays, certainly not in any mathematical depth.
Colligo ergo sum
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What is your profession now, Lucky Cuss?
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What is your profession now, Lucky Cuss? Coin collector. Colligo ergo sum
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Posted 11/02/2014 11:36 am
