power TypeErrors
Michael Hudson
mwh at python.net
Fri Nov 8 05:56:43 EST 2002
Terry Hancock <hancock at anansispaceworks.com> writes:
> [interesting stuff]
Thanks.
> FP > I'm not sure what your background is,
>
> MH> Algebraic geometry, mainly, plus a little theoretical physics & number
> MH> theory.
>
> Yep. It's ironic that mathematicians hardly ever "do math" (by which I mean
> calculations)!
Hey, I "do calculations"...
> It's scientists that do that -- mostly applied physics folks:
> astronomers, chemists, geologists, engineers, and some biologists.
>
> Mathematical and theoretical physics applications tend to stay very
> conceptual. They manipulate equations, but they hardly ever have to
> actually plug in numbers and solve them (especially in droves).
... just not usually with numbers :)
Cheers,
M.
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