Eww there's cousin love in Uncle Tom's Cabin?

And they're gonna kill off Eva, wtf

Haven't you read that yet?

It's a classic.

@skillpatrol almost no one reads it in America (at least not the full thing)

I'm reading it for my lit class

That is their loss.

It's not that good.

Lincoln claimed it started the revolution.

@skillpatrol [citation needed]

trust?

:-)

"The quote is apocryphal; it did not appear in print until 1896"

@ACuriousMind The (possibly apocryphal) story is that when he first met the author, he said "here's the little lady who started the war"

Ah.

Trust, but verify.

'So you're the little woman who wrote the book that made this great war!

@ACuriousMind Next you'll tell me Dirac did not, in a flash of brilliance, decide to calculate $\sqrt{\Box}$!

The Cambridge Companion to Harriet Beecher Stowe, ed. Cindy Weinstein (New York: Cambridge University Press, 2004),

@0celo7 Actually, it seems he did

whaaaaaat

nice

I totally thought that would be apocryphal

What are some nice physics/math stories that are probably wrong

Newton and the apple?

I think "Shut up and calculate" is apocryphal

People can't even decide who actually said it :P

I think my prof's proof is wrong

The curve need not be contained in a single chart!

At least it's not completely correct

@ACuriousMind books.google.com/ngrams/…

:D

Hello

hi

Is there a 'layman's room' in Physics chat?

…and I just looked at the description for The h-bar and I believe I may have posted this question to the wrong room

Apologies

Anyone know any good books for abstract algebra? I hear Lang's "Algebra" and Rotman's "Advanced Modern Algebra" are both good. Also Dummit Foote "Abstract Algebra" as a good beginner book. What do you guys think?

@ChrisWhite now that is a bold statement ;-)

what would you say one of the best-written textbooks is for freshmen in physics?

@ChrisWhite I don't doubt it. I just assumed every textbook taught the same material in the same rigor. I'll check out dummit & foote I guess.

good guess :-)

nice choice