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Quotes from the best physics professor around. Not run by Dr. Sapirstein.

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“Suppose I launch a guy.” -JSap 9/9/19


“I have to admit—and I’m embarrassed about it—but this confused the hell out of me.” -JSap on fractions, 12/9/19


“I only taught you circular orbits. In question 13 I’m asking you about elliptical orbits.” -JSap, always striving to challenge us, 12/9/19


“I like this problem because I like to see things get destroyed.” -JSap 11/25/19


“I actually bought a potato for you out of my own funds.” -JSap 11/20/19


“I was going to bring in a potato and ram a skewer through it, but I couldn’t find a potato.” -JSap 11/11/19


“That’s an example of someone being a bit... snarky.” -JSap on the New York Times Editorial Board, 11/8/19


“No pain, no gain.” -JSap 11/4/19


“So I was Xeroxing studied of what happens to bodies falling a great distance...” -JSap, explaining his typical Friday night, 11/4/19


Update: the “Remember back in 1666...” count has just reached 300


“You go weeeee as you go down, and then you go weeeee again.” -JSap explaining roller coasters, 10/28/19


Shoutout to all 5 people who showed up to lecture today


“I had a lot of trouble with this when I was preparing the class, so I’ll just skip over it.” -JSap, a mood, 10/16/19


“You gotta end up with people going weeeee” -JSap, thrill seeker, 10/14/19


“Consider fighting a monster in an idiotic machine.” -JSap 10/9/19


“You can just sort of splay yourself against the wall however you want.” -JSap 10/7/19


“A lot of people on this question used my wonderful advice. That’s not how you want to do this.” -JSap, 10/2/19


JSap: Updates the Sakai gradebook Us: *frantically checks exam score* JSap: Actually just put up a blank tutorial grade like the savage he is


“Friction is 107 N, which you know very well from pushing things across floors.” -JSap, 9/30/19


“Objects in motion tend to stop if you scoot them.” -JSap’s First Law of Motion, 9/30/19


“I chose this coordinate system; by God I’m gonna stick with it!” -JSap, getting a little defensive, 9/27/19


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