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RE: RE: Education (Was Re: Techwriting After the Boom)
Subject:RE: RE: Education (Was Re: Techwriting After the Boom) From:John Posada <JPosada -at- book -dot- com> To:"TECHWR-L" <techwr-l -at- lists -dot- raycomm -dot- com> Date:Mon, 9 Jun 2003 16:51:01 -0400
Don't change the subject. I understand the science :-)
John Posada
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of things that never were, and ask why not?"
-----Robert Francis Kennedy, 1968 presidential campaign
> -----Original Message-----
> From: GeneK [mailto:gene -at- genek -dot- com]
> Sent: Monday, June 09, 2003 4:48 PM
> To: TECHWR-L
> Subject: RE: RE: Education (Was Re: Techwriting After the Boom)
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> It's still not possible to "create energy," only to
> convert between matter and energy. Einstein's equation
> is a perfect example of how dry science can be as a
> subject when it's taught out of context. It was obscure
> before the bomb, and over half a century later even people
> who are technical often get it wrong.
>
> Gene Kim-Eng
>
>
> ------- Original Message -------
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> Mon, 9 Jun 2003 16:32:07 -0400 John Posada?wrote:
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> e=mc2
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> That was a concept way before it was possible to actually
> create energy,
> even though it formed the basis for a concrete example
> several years later.
>
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