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A Familiar Rain

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“Then, what's the matter?' I wonder, in fact, how many times I have said that or something equal to it to a woman passing palely through my life. What're you thinking? What's made you so quiet? You seem suddenly different. What's the matter? Love me is what this means, of course. Or at least, second best: surrender. Or at the very least, take some time regaling me with why you won't, and maybe by the end you will.”

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“For many years I have been saying that I would like to write a book (or series of books) called Physics for Mathematicians. Whenever I would tell people that, they would say, “Oh good, you're going to explain quantum mechanics, or string theory, or something like that”. And I would say, “Well that would be nice, but I can't begin to do that now; first I have to learn elementary physics, so the first thing I will be writing will be Mechanics for Mathematicians”. So then people would say, “Ah, so you're going to be writing about symplectic structures”, or something of that sort. And I would have to say, “No, I'm not trying to write a book about mathematics for mathematicians, I'm trying to write a book about physics for mathematicians”; …… it's elementary mechanics that I don't understand. … I mean, for example, that I don't understand this – lever. ... Most of us know the law of the lever, but this law is simply a quantitative statement of exactly how amazing the lever is, and doesn't give us a clue as to why it is true, how such a small force at one end can exert such a great force at the other. Now physicists all agree that Newton's Three Laws are the basis from which all of mechanics follows, but if you ask for an explanation of the lever in terms of these three laws, you will almost certainly not get a satisfactory answer.”

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“... who can forget the amazement of a child balancing an adult on a see-saw, simply by being placed at the right position. How could this be? Where did all that extra force come from!? The only wonder nowadays is that a physics student is unlikely to produce a satisfactory answer to this question. Perhaps we will be offered a few mumblings about moments, force times distance, laws of the lever perhaps even the "principle of virtual work". But we probably won't get an answer that seems to explain where that extra force comes from; and it is highly unlikely that we will get an answer that begins by establishing principles about rigid bodies, even though the rigidity of the lever is an absolute necessity for it to work. In fact, the whole path from Newton's Laws, which basically concern "point masses", to bodies whose shape and extent are significant, is often rather dubiously traversed, even though elementary physics courses blithely pose such problems of the most diverse sorts.”

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Book:Physics for Mathematicians: Mechanics I
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“There are things you will learn from your childhood that will affect your adulthood. You can either learn how to become conditioned, create fear and have limited beliefs that hinder your growth and leave you depending on others or learn how to become independent and grow through life challenges. The choice you make, will also determine those you surround yourself with as well as how far you go in life. Choose wisely!”

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“Formula Factor Theory for Fulfillment is a tool of awareness. Once you begin to understand the process, it will come as naturally as putting one foot in front of the other. You will recognize signs of discomfort if your formula is off balance. You will feel less energized, more fatigued, less social, more introverted, less liberated, more stressed, and so forth. When we are doing more of what we love and less of what exhausts us, we feel more fulfilled, capable, alive, and invigorated. ” Excerpt From: Sarah Voldeng. “The Art of an Enlightened Woman.” Apple Books.”

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Book:The Art of an Enlightened Woman: A Manifesto
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