[Phys-L] Re: Zeno's Paradoxes

[Jack Uretsky <jlu@HEP.ANL.GOV>]

        See Chapter 1 of my calculus text at:
        http://www.hep.anl.gov/jlu/index.html
and click on one of the two choices under "book".
                                        Regards,
                                                Jack

On Fri, 25 Mar 2005, Fakhruddin, Hasan wrote:

> Does any one know about the solutions to the 2000+ years old Zeno's Paradoxes.  I believe Bertrand Russell is credited with having solved these paradoxes after 2000 years of unsuccessful attempts by many intellectuals.
>
> I like to discuss especially the Arrow & Apple and Achille & Hare paradoxes when doing kinematics with my students.
>
> Thanks,
>
> - Hasan fakhruddin
> Instructor of Physics
> The Indiana Academy for Science, Math, and Humanities
> BSU
> Muncie, IN 47306
>
> PS: In keeping with the spirit of science humor going on I would like to submit this:
>
> While a college class was in session, a voluptuous blonde in a skin tight dress walked in late and drew attention from the boys.  The boys started passing comments and whistling at her out of excitement.  A quiet nerd sitting next to a highly excited boy turned toward him and said," Don't you know from our biology class she and all of us are mostly water?'.  The boy replied, " Yesssssss, but just notice the surface tension!!!!!!!?".

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