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May 5, 2017, 3:18 p.m.

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//Trying to pronounce "de Broglie" in math phys //Some things are spelled phonetically Jesse: I think it's de BRO-glee. Sam: I've also heard de BROY-lee and de BROY. Jesse: De BROY? Where's the G? Sam: It's French. French has a lot of silent letters. Anna: De BROY...like Detroy? Richard: What's Detroy? Anna: You know, the city. Jesse: Do you mean Detroit? Anna: Yeah, but the T is silent, isn't it? Everyone: No... Anna: I've been pronouncing it wrong this whole time? Several people: Yes. Anna: But...in that Journey song...they say Detroy! It rhymes with "boy"! Sam: No. Just...no.

#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

1111

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.

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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

55

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.

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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.

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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!!

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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.