Groth is the Associate Department Head and Nice works in the Pulsars
section. I didn't check Groth's page to see what area he specializes in.
Jim
Gene Mechtly wrote:
>
> On Mon, 16 Jul 2001, James R. Frysinger wrote:
> > ...
> > homework sets from the Princeton Physics Department that have students
> > calculate problems in electrostatic units (esu)! How archaic!
> > ...
>
> Groth and Nice might be specialists in the field of elementary particles,
> and prefer to set as many fundamental constants equal to one as possible
> with esu and emu being the next best thing in their minds. My uninformed
> speculation, of course.
>
> I see that you have written to them yourself, Jim. Their reply will be of
> great interest to me. They appear never to have heard of SI or reject
> it for some indefensible reason, particularly for undergraduate teaching?
>
> Gene.
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