Comments on: I am interviewed by the Weinersmiths

By: M.L. Fuhrmann

M.L. Fuhrmann — Thu, 13 Oct 2011 16:50:46 +0000

Advanced Calculus is generally when you prove all the things you accepted in Calculus 1-3. Sometimes called Real Analysis, although they’re not perfect synonyms.

By: TheOncomingStorm

TheOncomingStorm — Thu, 13 Oct 2011 11:26:54 +0000

I thought the people who made weiners were weinerwrights not weinersmiths.

By: Patrik

Patrik — Thu, 13 Oct 2011 07:26:37 +0000

Scene at bar:
Astronomer 1 – ..and then I said the JWST have 6 mirros
Astronomer 2 – but it has 18!
Astronomer 1 – I know, absolutely hysterical
[senseless laughter]

At this point the girl they were trying to chat up 5 minutes earlier discretely withdraws towards the exit.

By: VinceRN

VinceRN — Thu, 13 Oct 2011 04:05:05 +0000

“Schrödinger’s telescope” – I like it. I’ll credit you when I steal it.

By: Adrian Morgan

Adrian Morgan — Thu, 13 Oct 2011 02:17:59 +0000

Who are all these people who don’t remember Hubble’s faulty mirror? OK, maybe people significantly younger than me have an excuse, but I struggle to comprehend that anyone who was paying attention to science news at the time could possibly forget!

By: tracer

tracer — Wed, 12 Oct 2011 23:33:56 +0000

@ Bigfoot:

He was still off by more than a factor of 2.511886, though.

By: Chris

Chris — Wed, 12 Oct 2011 23:27:40 +0000

I don’t think that’s advanced calculus he’s talking about. It seems pretty first year to me. When he gets to cyclic integrals then you can start calling that advanced calculus.

By: Bigfoot

Bigfoot — Wed, 12 Oct 2011 22:55:28 +0000

Relax, Phil — astronomers only need to be within an order of magnitude.