Atdtda[4]: p. 97-99: 5 paragraphs and a camera eye
Monte Davis
monte.davis at verizon.net
Mon Mar 5 18:33:16 CST 2007
> What do you think?
That the point of view takes us as close to the *insideness* of the
transformations of energy as it can, stops at the math... and claims a step
beyond *that* for Kit. Seems a good time to repeat a passage I quoted some
months back:
OMNI: Do physicists vary greatly in their ability to see the qualitative
consequences of an equation?
Feynman: Oh, yes-but nobody is very good at it. Dirac said that to
understand a physical problem means to be able to see the answer without
solving equations. Maybe he exaggerated: maybe solving equations is
experience you need to gain understanding. But until you do understand,
you're just solving equations.
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