Wednesday, October 18, 2006
White and Nerdy
I was watching Weird Al's "White and Nerdy" video tonight when I noticed something strange (I know, something strange in a Weird Al video, who'd have thunk). At several points in the video Al is dancing in front of a white background with this equation on it:
It's Schodinger's time-independant wave equation for the Hydrogen atom. I first thought, "That's cool. I remember doing stuff like that in college." Then I thought, "Hey, isn't that h supposed to be an h-bar?" So I looked it up and, sure enough, it's supposed to look like this:
Apparently I qualify as white and nerdy. Hmm... do I tell my students?
If you're interested, the wikipedia entry about the song is fun. That's where I got the equation images.
It's Schodinger's time-independant wave equation for the Hydrogen atom. I first thought, "That's cool. I remember doing stuff like that in college." Then I thought, "Hey, isn't that h supposed to be an h-bar?" So I looked it up and, sure enough, it's supposed to look like this:
Apparently I qualify as white and nerdy. Hmm... do I tell my students?
If you're interested, the wikipedia entry about the song is fun. That's where I got the equation images.
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It's scary how many of the references in that video apply to me, a Prius owning, lawn mowing, Monty Python quoting, RPG playing, ROTFLOLing, Klingon dictionary owning, white nerd. But then who even knows what h-bar or that crazy upside down delta even are? You're a real nerd.
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: 8:33 AM, October 19, 2006
: 8:33 AM, October 19, 2006
Product Zero Rule Property
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EbPRsfnJR_U&mode=related&search=
Here's a follow up clip from a teacher that is self proclaimed "brown and nerdy"
gets a little weird...
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EbPRsfnJR_U&mode=related&search=
Here's a follow up clip from a teacher that is self proclaimed "brown and nerdy"
gets a little weird...
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