Words of Wisdom: Sh*t My Professors Said in Spring 2018 – Word-for-Sense and Other Stories
Spring 2018 had some gems, and incidentally, the most science of any of my semesters at Brandeis. Part III of ? in my Sh*t My Professors Say series.
Oh brutal and fierce gorilla, kill my roommate next Saturday.
That’s how you read a textbook right? Look at the pictures, read the captions, and if it looks interesting enough than read the actual text.
Find a corpse in an alley way and figure out how it came to be that way.
Jupiter and the sun are a binary system and we are just extra stuff.
This is an artist interpretation, not a picture, it’s completely made up, and you have to wonder what the artist was smoking.
It’s easy to draw a picture, but that doesn’t mean that we know how it happens.
The greenhouse effect on Venus is like it is on Earth but on steroids.
Gamma rays pack a punch, and are not good for you.
Well, that’s a black hole.
It’s like writing a check for more money that you have in your account & then putting money in the account really fast.
It looks like a fried egg on St. Patrick’s Day.
Big explosions!!! Kabloom!
It’s relatively close — only 150 million light years away.
If you’re a chemist, just smile and try not to be offended.
This is where physics get counter-intuitive, weird, and fascinating.
It looks a little bit like Swiss cheese or bubbles.
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Words of Wisdom: Sh*t My Professors Said in Spring 2018 – Word-for-Sense and Other Stories
Spring 2018 had some gems, and incidentally, the most science of any of my semesters at Brandeis. Part III of ? in my Sh*t My Professors Say series.
Oh brutal and fierce gorilla, kill my roommate next Saturday.
That’s how you read a textbook right? Look at the pictures, read the captions, and if it looks interesting enough than read the actual text.
Find a corpse in an alley way and figure out how it came to be that way.
Jupiter and the sun are a binary system and we are just extra stuff.
This is an artist interpretation, not a picture, it’s completely made up, and you have to wonder what the artist was smoking.
It’s easy to draw a picture, but that doesn’t mean that we know how it happens.
The greenhouse effect on Venus is 
like it is on Earth but on steroids.
Gamma rays pack a punch, and are not good for you.
Well, that’s a black hole.
It’s like writing a check for more money that you have in your account & then putting money in the account really fast.
It looks like a fried egg on St. Patrick’s Day.
Big explosions!!! Kabloom!
It’s relatively close — only 150 million light years away.
If you’re a chemist, just smile and try not to be offended.
This is where physics get counter-intuitive, weird, and fascinating.
It looks a little bit like Swiss cheese or bubbles.
Categories NotesTags astronomy, class notes, college, professors, quote of the day, science, words of wisdom
Previous Book Review: The Kindness of Enemies by Leila Aboulela
Next Book Review: Fever Dream/ Distancia de rescate by Samanta Schweblin (Translated by Megan McDowell)