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From: R H Draney on 3 Apr 2010 13:50 Murray Arnow filted: > >Peter Moylan wrote: >> >>I had a similar experience in my second university year. In the Physics >>subject the p-n semiconductor junction was explained in a certain way. >>In a parallel Electrical Engineering subject it was explained in a >>completely different way. Each of those subjects helped me pass the >>other one. I would still maintain that nobody could really understand >>the p-n junction unless they had seen /both/ the EE and the Physics >>explanation. >> > >Two explanations? Pray tell how does a physics understanding differ from >an engineering understanding? The physics understanding makes sense, and the engineering understanding works....r -- "Oy! A cat made of lead cannot fly." - Mark Brader declaims a basic scientific principle
From: Murray Arnow on 3 Apr 2010 15:09
R H Draney wrote: >Murray Arnow filted: >>Peter Moylan wrote: >>>I had a similar experience in my second university year. In the Physics >>>subject the p-n semiconductor junction was explained in a certain way. >>>In a parallel Electrical Engineering subject it was explained in a >>>completely different way. Each of those subjects helped me pass the >>>other one. I would still maintain that nobody could really understand >>>the p-n junction unless they had seen /both/ the EE and the Physics >>>explanation. >>> >> >>Two explanations? Pray tell how does a physics understanding differ from >>an engineering understanding? > >The physics understanding makes sense, and the engineering understanding >works....r > This is useless information, but it does answer the question. Is there a vaccine available to stop the virus introduced by P.T. Daniels? |