Chapter 1: Classical Geophysics
Society of Exploration Geophysicists eBooks · 2017
Recently an acquaintance, who shall be called Jones to protect the guilty, was mathematically immortal for a few minutes. He discovered a corollary to the Pythagorean theorem and was immediately overwhelmed with thoughts about being forever paired with Pythagoras in textbooks. These were quickly followed by the idea, which he found delicious, of being eternally cursed by all 5th grade students the night before final arithmetic exams.