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The Evolution Of Mechanics

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23 days ago 13.0K views 0 shares

The Evolution Of Mechanics

From theoretical brilliance to "Hey buddy, can you check my transmission?" The evolution of mechanics takes an unexpected turn! Newton gave us forces, Lagrange reformulated with energy, Hamilton made it even more abstract with his fancy mathematical approach... and then there's Bob and Steve under your car. Physics purists might need a moment to recover from that punchline. Next time your car breaks down, just tell the mechanic you prefer a Hamiltonian approach to your oil change.

There Are More Unitary Constants In Heaven And Earth, Hamilton, Than Are Dreamt Of In Your Quaternions

Math Science

10 months ago 17.4K views 0 shares

There Are More Unitary Constants In Heaven And Earth, Hamilton, Than Are Dreamt Of In Your Quaternions

Oh, the beautiful descent into mathematical madness! This meme brilliantly maps the progression from ordinary real numbers to increasingly bizarre hypercomplex number systems as a journey into mental chaos. Starting with comfortable real numbers, we quickly spiral through complex numbers (with their imaginary i ), then quaternions (Hamilton's 4D creation with i , j , and k ), and then... the rabbit hole gets DEEP. Octonions? Sedenions?? By the time you're contemplating Voudon numbers, you're basically performing mathematical voodoo! The joke is that understanding these increasingly abstract number systems correlates perfectly with declining mental stability. Your math professor wasn't eccentric - they were just spending too much time with pathions! 🤯