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Boatboy24
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I have seen some very questionable accessories offered by auto manufacturers over the years, but this one has to be close to the top of the "most ridiculous" for me.
This man was a true scientist and humanitarian. I was living in Pittsburgh when Dr. Salk did his research at Pitt. He was a great man who avoided the limelight because he felt a true scientist did his work to advance society and not for notoriety nor profit. How this hero did not win the Nobel Prize for Medicine is a mystery beyond comprehension.
One of the texts I had for Thermo was Thermodynamics by Enrico Fermi. I kept it for many years because when I had trouble sleeping, I would pick it up and begin reading. I would get to about "Enthalpy" and be out like a light. The book put me to sleep in the early 1960's and probably still would today!
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I always wondered why ThermoDynamics seemed to only be offered as a Mon, Wed, Fri class starting at 730 or so. That has to be a punishment class for Engineers. I was glad there was a dedicated student in my life who believed going to class mattered when I took Thermo. That's probably the only reason I was able to eek out a B from that class. Had I been on my own, I would have been lucky to get a D, due to non-attendance. I was an under-motivated student at best. Thankfully my children inherited the attitude my at the time girlfriend, eventually first wife had.
And I just checked, nowadays the class is taught at 840 MWF, still crazy time for an engineering student, but better.
