Andrew Plotkin <erkyrath@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
> Guy Consolmagno (astronomer and Jesuit) in a history-of-science
> panel. Approximately, "Two fat books are in my study: the Bible,
> and Misner, Thorne, Wheeler. (A well-known physics textbook.)
> The Bible is two millenia old. The MTW is an edition 25 years old.
> The MTW is out of date."
I thought there was only one edition of _Gravitation_ (aka MTW), and
that it was 35 years ago.
I have an autographed copy. When I have physics-oriented visitors,
I like to point to it and and ask whether that book has more
gravitational effect on them than the moon does. Then I ask the same
question about tidal effect. (If they know the relevant scaling laws,
they should be able to answer both questions instantly.)
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