Cottagecore but make it dark
Physicists: the words we are using to define terms have specific mathematical definitions, so it’s important to use the correct words to talk about the correct quantity
Also physicists: Hahaha, luminous intensity isn’t an intensity, luminous flux isn’t a flux, and optical power isn’t a power!
literally though if you feel like your life is slipping through your fingers and every day goes too fast… try doing hard things, not just taking the easy route, like reading and making art and exercising and cooking a meal from scratch and journaling, doing these things without distraction, without being absorbed on a screen… the time will stretch and you’ll be reminded that life is long and beautiful if you make it so.
Everyone's got lingering congestion this year, so as someone who's no stranger to phlegm, and inherited the folk wisdom of a stage actress (the show must go on!) I share with you my recipe for making things better:
2L water
the juice and rind of one lemon (just dump the juiced rinds in, don't zest them, you maniac)
a small thumb of fresh ginger, sliced in coins
about a dozen cloves, some star anise, peppercorns, and maybe whole cinnamon or allspice or whatever else you like, in a tea ball (except the cinnamon if it doesn't fit, obvs)
good dollop of honey, to taste
Bring the water to a boil then dump in all the stuff. Keep it hot but not boiling – a slow cooker is good for this. Keep this pot on a low heat all day and serve yourself a mug every so often, adding water as necessary. At some point you will need to add a new lemon and some more honey, but the spices can generally carry over two pots if you're drinking it regularly.
The acid helps clear the gunk, ginger is good for the circulation, and clove/aniseed/pepper have some sort of decongestant/soothing properties. Honey is both nice and antiseptic, and apparently is a cough suppressant as well? Anyway, I just got over another run of Covid and this was wasn't 100% effective but it worked better than phenylephrine.
the physics students
as requested by the wonderful @starferns
the chalkboard at the front of the lecture hall, covered in equations and graphs
visualizing a problem in your mind, step by step
cold water with ice cubes and a slice of lemon
diagrams drawn hastily on the corner of your paper, scribbled lines and half formed thoughts
replicating famous experiments and demonstrations
watching youtube videos late at night, picking apart complex theories
having an instinct for force diagrams and direction of motion
rushed, messy handwriting
finding beauty in motion and calculation and precision
seeing the universe as unimaginably small and unimaginably large at the same time
a well-worn grey sweater, frayed a little at the sleeves
equations scribbled on your arm until you know them by heart
studying newton and meitner and plank, all those who went before
talking with your hands, forming the shapes of arcs and trajectories as you work through a problem
long hallways and cold, sunny days
late night study groups
staring up at the sky, knowing exactly why and how the planets move as they do
trying einstein’s thought experiments
an old grandfather clock, pendulum measuring the passage of time
pages filled with calculations and precise strings of digits
14.08.20
i’m so used to just filling in blank lec slides for maths but had to start writing my own notes for diff eq ✏️
hey everyone! i’m a peer tutor at my university and i wanted to share some study strategies that i’ve found really helpful in my stem/content-heavy courses. please feel free to share yours with me as well!
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