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rudransh verma
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Its same but I don't think that's right.Doc Al said:You can compare it to the online version here: The Feynman Lectures on Physics, Volume I
Yes! It should be “at the beginning of the 7th”jtbell said:If you think "at the beginning of the 6th minute" is in error, what do you think it should be, instead?
As a guess, perhaps your confusion comes from the fact that the "n'th minute" begins at t = n-1 minutes and ends at t = n minutes.
Yeah! If it would be 6th then it would be from t=5 to t=6. But we have 5000ft traveled from t=6 to t=7 ie 7th minute not 6th minute.phyzguy said:Did you understand @jtbell 's comment? The 7th minute begins at t=6 and ends at t=7. This is because the first minute begins at t=0.
Yes you are right, he should have said "at the beginning of the 7th minute" or "at 6 minutes".rudransh verma said:Yeah! If it would be 6th then it would be from t=5 to t=6. But we have 5000ft traveled from t=6 to t=7 ie 7th minute not 6th minute.
It is unacceptable and unimaginable that a book by such a great man could have errors.pbuk said:Yes you are right, he should have said "at the beginning of the 7th minute" or "at 6 minutes".
But this is completely irrelevant to the point Feynman is making: you should focus more on learning the point that is being made rather than finding immaterial faults in the teaching materials.
rudransh verma said:It is unacceptable and unimaginable that a book by such a great man could have errors.
You'd better sit down: Errata for The Feynman Lectures on Physicsrudransh verma said:It is unacceptable and unimaginable that a book by such a great man could have errors.
You have VERY high standards for great men. Everyone makes mistakes. Everyone. Especially when the mistakes are of little importance, like this one.rudransh verma said:It is unacceptable and unimaginable that a book by such a great man could have errors.
Maybe you are good in physics, but you don't know much about psychology.rudransh verma said:It is unacceptable and unimaginable that a book by such a great man could have errors.
Have you ever written a scientific paper or lecture notes? If you tell all of us how to safely avoid any typos and mistakes, you'd be a hero!rudransh verma said:It is unacceptable and unimaginable that a book by such a great man could have errors.
Thanks for the hero to be!vanhees71 said:Have you ever written a scientific paper or lecture notes? If you tell all of us how to safely avoid any typos and mistakes, you'd be a hero!
No, you can see that from the numbers. It is just an inconsequential slip - he probably just misread his notes or was ad-libbing. Or perhaps he did it deliberately to confuse people who can't see the wood for the trees.codelieb said:Couldn't Feynman (and his coauthors) be using 0-based counting here, so that what you call "the first minute" he would call "the 0th minute," and what you call the seventh minute he calls the sixth?
Your supposition that Feynman would deliberately confuse people (his freshman students) is impertinent, and you are wrong not only about that. For example where it says "but something happened between 3 and 4 and even more so at 5," Feynman is referring to what rudransh verma would call the 4th, 5th and 6th minutes.pbuk said:No, you can see that from the numbers. It is just an inconsequential slip - he probably just misread his notes or was ad-libbing. Or perhaps he did it deliberately to confuse people who can't see the wood for the trees.
It's like saying that it is unacceptable and unimaginable that Messi or Ronaldo misses the penalty.rudransh verma said:It is unacceptable and unimaginable that a book by such a great man could have errors.
codelieb said:Your supposition that Feynman would deliberately confuse people (his freshman students) is impertinent
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