Scientifical jokes

kbaumen

Science

07 Jun 08

Peakite

Sais

Berks.

Joined: 27 Nov 04
Moves: 41991

11 Jun 08

Originally posted by znsho
I don't get it. Please explain.

A mole is a a measure of the amount of a substance.

For the second you can either have union-ised (i.e. part of a union) or un-ion-ised (i.e. not charged).

Swlabr

Joined: 26 Nov 07
Moves: 1085

13 Jun 08

What do you get if you cross a mountaineer with a mosquito?

Nothing - you can't cross a scalar with a vector.

FabianFnas

Joined: 11 Nov 05
Moves: 43938

13 Jun 08

"Look at my photo of the Total Solar Eclipse!"
"It's nice, but it's not too sharp, is it...?"
"Yes, I know, I wasn't sure of the distance."

mtthw

Joined: 07 Sep 05
Moves: 35068

13 Jun 08

Originally posted by Swlabr
What do you get if you cross a mountaineer with a mosquito?

Nothing - you can't cross a scalar with a vector.

A variant of that (and my favourite rubbish mathematical joke):

What do you get if you cross a sheep with a goat?

Mod sheep times mod goat times the sine of the angle between them times a unit vector perpendicular to them both in a right-handed sense.

Swlabr

Joined: 26 Nov 07
Moves: 1085

20 Jun 08

Originally posted by mtthw
A variant of that (and my favourite rubbish mathematical joke):

What do you get if you cross a sheep with a goat?

Mod sheep times mod goat times the sine of the angle between them times a unit vector perpendicular to them both in a right-handed sense.

My favourite maths joke is,

What do you get if you integrate one over cabin with respect to cabin?

Well, you would think the answer would be log cabin, but you would be wrong! It is actually a beach house, as it's log cabin + c...

Retrovirus

Joined: 02 Aug 06
Moves: 3992

22 Jun 08

Originally posted by scottishinnz
One for the Brits.

A man walks into a bar and says, "I'd like a pint of energy please".

The barman says, "That'll be ATP".

(80p - 80 Britsh pence)

Nice one.

joer32

Joined: 07 Nov 07
Moves: 538

27 Jun 08

Originally posted by AThousandYoung
Na is running around freaking out. "I've lost my electron! I've lost my electron! Help!"

Sly Cl, trying to hide the stolen electron, asks Na - "Are you sure"?

"Yes, I'm positive!"

Along the same lines: A neutron walks into a bar and orders a drink. When he asks the bartender for the bill, the bartender says, "For you, no charge!"