I *KNOW* it's science fiction when "entertaining" is used to describe mathematics... :-D
73, Mike NF4L On 3/26/2011 10:47 PM, Kevin Rock wrote: > I watched the movie about a month ago. The special effects hold up > well and the story is interesting. I remember the first time I saw it but > viewing it again was fun. I have always wondered about the damaged gift > to the nations. Oh, and the mass of equations on the professor's > blackboard? I stopped the movie on those frames and went through them. > They were accurate descriptions of orbital mechanics. I am always annoyed > when math is flashed on a screen in a movie and it is incorrect. I was > pleasantly surprised when I worked through this blackboard's worth and > found them accurate and entertaining. > 73, > Kevin. KD5ONS > ______________________________________________________________ > Elecraft mailing list > Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft > Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm > Post: mailto:[email protected] > > This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net > Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html > ______________________________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:[email protected] This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
