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Source: https://exams.skule.ca/exams/CIV102H1_20229_661670974187CIV102_2022_Course_Notes_Part_1.pdf (Page 3) |
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# F = ma | # F = ma | ||
# You can't push on a rope | # You can't push on a rope | ||
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== See also == | == See also == | ||
* Michael P. Collins, "''[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eSNvM0kbZ90 In Search of Elegance]''" (Lecture filmed for TVO's Best Lecture Competition series in 2005). | * Michael P. Collins, "''[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eSNvM0kbZ90 In Search of Elegance]''" (Lecture filmed for TVO's Best Lecture Competition series in 2005). | ||
Latest revision as of 02:00, 4 February 2024
Professor Michael P. Collins, of the Department of Civil Engineering, often said that there are only three rules of engineering that an engineer needs to learn (and remember):
- F = ma
- You can't push on a rope
- To find the answer, you must know the answer
See also[edit | edit source]
- Michael P. Collins, "In Search of Elegance" (Lecture filmed for TVO's Best Lecture Competition series in 2005).