/sci/ - Science & Math

>>3051614
u mad?

What are the best paying jobs that involve pure or applied mathematics in some form or another.

Sup /sci/,

I can do a project for me Latin class on anything I want. I choose Newton's Philosophiæ Naturalis Principia Mathematica. I need to do some translating and tie it to Latin some home, but other then that I can do whatever I like. I was thinking just a general history of the Principia, a translation of the sections on the Laws Of Motion, and maybe some demonstrations of the math.

What do you think would be interesting to do? Keep in mind there isn't going to be all math-savvy people in the room so nothing too math heavy. The presentation must be 15 minutes and can be delivered via any medium, powerpoint included.

Also, I have a copy of Introduction to "Newton's 'Principia'" and Bernard Cohen, and I have access to the complete Latin text and the english translation.

>>2483739

Hey I wasn't so bad at physics!

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Isaac_Newton%27s_religious_views

What the fuck is this?

"We don't publish controversial scientific papers"

- Nature


LOOOOOOOOOOOL that statement goes against what everything science means.

note that they dont talk not about publishing lousy papers that dont follow the Scientific Method. but they publish only the ones that dont gave "controversial" results.

Hey guys, I invented Calculus.

"If I have seen further it is only by standing on the shoulders of giants." -Isaac Newton

So the cumulative knowledge of humankind is cross generational exploitation to which we should have no access?

Look no further than ancient China if you want to see what happens to a society where great advancements remain guild secrets.

If you could go back in time and kill one great scientist before he publicized his work, who would it be and why?

I would go back and kill Isaac Newton so that calculus would never be invented and I wouldn't have to pass this stupid class.

How the fuck can this be absent?

Isaac Newton

>English physicist, mathematician, astronomer, natural philosopher, alchemist, and theologian who is considered by many scholars and members of the general public to be one of the most influential people in human history

>thought up the theory of gravity as well as too many discoveries to ligt here regarding how light works and prisms/telescopes/mechanics etc.

>Newton saw God as the masterful creator whose existence could not be denied in the face of the grandeur of all creation

Dumbass here who took three years off between high school and university, and was a lazy piece of shit in high school. To avoid wasting time I'd like to brush up on the math I should have paid attention to as opposed to be a worthless piece of shit. My absolute minimum goal is to be prepared first or second level calculus. I have a good grasp of first order logic, metalogic, some baby steps into set theory, etc.

My current plan is to go through relevant protions of Mathematics: Its Content, Methods and Meaning (Aleksandrov, Kolmogorov, Lavrent'ev) followed up by at least most of Calculus (Spivak) and lots of lonely hours with a pad of paper and a TI-83.

Any suggestions?

Sir Isaac Newton.
Most influential scientist of all time. OF ALL TIME!
No but really, he's awesome.

>implying that living in a basement didn't let me revolutionize physics

A brick of mass <span class="math">m[/spoiler] is falling through the air with downwards acceleration <span class="math">g[/spoiler] when it impacts a tabletop.

What is the magnitude of the force the brick exerts on the table, and from which of Newton's laws can this be deduced?

and no, it's not homework.

Constant everywhere.

Science joke thread. Here's mine. See if you can top that.

An infinite number of mathematicians, a polar bear, a hydrogen atom, and a neutrino walk through a bar so that no one is in it and start playing hide and go seek. Suddenly the neutrino is stopped by a police officer who asks "Do you know how fast you were going back there? The neutrino replies, "No, but I know I'm a pascal." The bar tender then says, "You're all idiots" and pours ten (in base two, i mean ten) drinks. The polar bear then promptly dissolves and the hydrogen does not react.

Sup /sci/

I want to learn calculus on my own, can you guys recommend me how I should go about this?

Also, do you suggest I should learn calculus? I have some mathematical background in statistics, probability and game theory.

Thanks!

pic related, it's newton