“Electron Band Structure In Germanium, My Ass”
Just came across this lab report, which if nothing else is evidence that writing is an essential skill in the sciences. The author’s home page is also worth a look – my favorite part is his riff on sociology:
“Those arrogant engineers and physical scientists, who do they think they are to deny that sociology is a rigorous field? Sure, the extreme impracticality of controlled, repeatable experimentation makes it difficult to actually test ideas, but that doesn’t mean that the ideas are any less valid. If you don’t believe me, I’m willing to create obtuse jargon to make the intellectual soundness more apparent. In fact, I’m even willing to check math books out of the library and copy words and symbols from them.”
Heh.