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#6408

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May 4, 2017, 10:44 p.m.

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//Math Phys presentation, someone says a fact almost correctly, but accidentally makes someone 100 years older. Schafer: Try that again. He may be old, but Methuselah he ain't.

#6145

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Jan. 4, 2017, 6:58 a.m.

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Daniel Busis: Stop putting "eigen" in front of every damn word!

#5810

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Feb. 12, 2016, 10:19 a.m.

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Schafer: When you have kids, just think of ways you can mess up their lives.

Schafer was talking about his child-rearing practices: reading Thomas the Tank Engine to his son in various British accent so he pronounces some words Britishly, wanting to teach his son red and blue backwards, etc.

mathphys, kids, schafer

#5806

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Feb. 10, 2016, 10 p.m.

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//In Math Phys, talking about electric fields Schafer: Has anyone here ever made a candle? Mangiafico: [tentatively raises hand] Schafer: You've made a candle? Mangiafico: Like the kind that you dip? Schafer: Yeah. How do you make them? Mangiafico: You... dip them.

#5728

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Jan. 6, 2016, 6:22 p.m.

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//Discussing teacher permission for the Math Phys field trip, which is on the first week of 2nd semester: Schafer: ...after I give you the form, you talk to as many of your 2nd semester teachers as possible...science teachers, band teachers...Stein teachers.

#5716

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Dec. 18, 2015, 9:40 p.m.

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//Math Phys discussing Special Relativity Vishnu: If you see something coming towards you at c...I mean, if you watch something coming towards you at c, like if you see something...agh! Arnold: What you're saying is right, it's just how you're saying it that makes it sound wrong.

#5661

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Nov. 24, 2015, 5:39 p.m.

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//Math Phys '15-'16 //Eric Lu is called to do an AP problem in front of the class, so Schafer reads it Schafer: (very quickly) A frictionless pendulum of length 3 m (mumble) 10 degrees (mumble) displacement, the potential energy (mumble mumble) 10 J. Whatisthe (mumble) kinetic energy (mumble) its potential energy is 5 J? Phew! Eric Lu will now say one word. Eric: B? Schafer: Excellent! You have now received full credit on that problem.

#5648

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Nov. 18, 2015, 8 p.m.

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//Math Phys is voting on whether to have large individual research projects Schafer: If you don't raise your hand the first time, I'll assume you vote the other way. We'll only have one vote. Schafer: If you don't vote, that means you don't want to EXPLORE your PASSIONATE INTEREST in physics!!

#5598

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Oct. 27, 2015, 2:21 p.m.

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//Discussing center of mass and cutting baby watermelons in half Schafer: ...And then you cut it in half, like all baby things.

#5586

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Oct. 18, 2015, 2:13 p.m.

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//Discussing Skype with Finnish students for a new MathPhys field trip Schafer: The Finns will arrange their students to stay a little after school, and you guys will come a little before school. The time difference just works out, you get a little face time, and you realize, "Oh, he's a tall white boy."