Editing 687: Dimensional Analysis
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:Student: But what if they build a better Prius? | :Student: But what if they build a better Prius? | ||
:Cueball: ''Then England will drift out to sea.'' | :Cueball: ''Then England will drift out to sea.'' | ||
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+ | ==Trivia== | ||
+ | *Interestingly, this sort of dimensional analysis is formalized by the so-called {{w|Buckingham π theorem}}, where each dimensionless grouping is called a "Pi". Thus formally each grouping can be denoted as equal to "Pi", although this is a rather obscure pun in the context of the comic. | ||
+ | *The {{w|fine-structure constant}} α =~ 1/137 is a common known analogue in {{w|physics}}. | ||
+ | *This is another comic in the infrequent [[My Hobby]] series. | ||
{{comic discussion}} | {{comic discussion}} |