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On May 20, 9:18*am, "Ed Huntress" wrote:
"Jim Wilkins" wrote in message
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I've found that I need an intuitive explanation first to provide a
framework to file away the subsequent formulaic ones, which killed me
when I got to Laplace Transforms.

...
A girlfriend's father who taught physics had quit
chemistry because he couldn't imagine the 3 dimensional molecular
structures.


She was a lovely, classy lady who didn't help me concentrate on math
and molecules either.


jsw


You're drifting, Jim. g That's another affliction we share.
Ed Huntress


Leading, not drifting. I had to commit to a major when I applied for
college, before I really knew which science to choose. I might have
switched from chemistry to mechanical or electrical engineering if I
had done better in calculus. The Army put me in electronics where I
stayed. However the chemistry curriculum was very broad and a good
preparation for most anything. For instance I learned how to fudge a
political survey by biasing the selection criteria, like calling
during the day when only unemployed people are home.

In the 1990's at MITRE I took night classes toward an EE degree and
maintained a 4.0, including calculus. The night school teachers were
practical people with day jobs who treated math as a tool, not an
abstract art form.

jsw