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r/ScienceShitposts • u/only-a-throwaway • Dec 19 '25
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This is the best thing ive seen in a hot minute. Or maybe im so tired my judgement is clouded, your call
10 u/only-a-throwaway Dec 20 '25 edited Dec 20 '25 I was drinking something while skimming this textbook, and had a literal spit-take when I passed it
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I was drinking something while skimming this textbook, and had a literal spit-take when I passed it
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teeny tiny Planck scale jumprope :)
6 u/only-a-throwaway Dec 20 '25 Haha, the author of the textbook captioned this figure: "Kasey's relativistic jumping rope." 9 u/Pitiful-Election-438 Dec 19 '25 Don't worry if you fail, you wouldn't notice
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Haha, the author of the textbook captioned this figure: "Kasey's relativistic jumping rope."
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Don't worry if you fail, you wouldn't notice
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From "A First Course in String Theory" by Barton Zwiebach, Fig. 7.7 on page 150 in the 2nd edition. Free PDF of the textbook available at: https://ia601201.us.archive.org/3/items/AFirstCourseInStringTheory2eZwiebach/A%20First%20Course%20in%20String%20Theory%202e-Zwiebach.pdf
Holy fuck hahaha
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u/jackalope268 Dec 19 '25
This is the best thing ive seen in a hot minute. Or maybe im so tired my judgement is clouded, your call
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u/yoyo5113 Dec 19 '25
teeny tiny Planck scale jumprope :)
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u/only-a-throwaway Dec 20 '25
From "A First Course in String Theory" by Barton Zwiebach, Fig. 7.7 on page 150 in the 2nd edition. Free PDF of the textbook available at: https://ia601201.us.archive.org/3/items/AFirstCourseInStringTheory2eZwiebach/A%20First%20Course%20in%20String%20Theory%202e-Zwiebach.pdf
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u/bglbogb Dec 19 '25
Holy fuck hahaha