Piece “pi=10, it also equals 3 and e=3 so pi=e!” Context When talking about safety factors, the informant, an engineering student, shared the joke. Because engineers are always concerned about the safety of the users of their products (because getting sued is no fun) and like to account for the things more difficult to account… Continue Reading »
The graduate with a Science degree asks, “Why does it work?” The graduate with an Engineering degree asks, “How does it work?” The graduate with an Accounting degree asks, “How much will it cost?” The graduate with an Arts degree asks, “Do you want fries with that?” Context In a group discussion including college freshmen… Continue Reading »
Item: The engineer’s constant is 3. We don’t need to be accurate so we round e to 3 and pi to 3, and also g is 10. Context: I collected this piece from a physics lab partner who is also an astronautical engineering major at the University of Southern California. Some of our calculations… Continue Reading »