Sussman Explains the End of SICP

Re:Sussman Explains the End of SICP by inimino on Sunday February 05, 2023 @08:36PM (#34672110)

All you need is very rudimentary fluid mechanics, some vague idea of attack angle, and the conservation of momentum with a compressed column of air under the plane. I think most theoretical physicists could come up with that.

The siphon one is funny because many people will start with air pressure, which is wrong.

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Re:Sussman Explains the End of SICP by selimthegrim on Sunday February 05, 2023 @11:20PM (#34673303)

Yes, first and second year undergrads when I taught intro labs and diff eq.

My understanding is there is a rather tortuous explanation involving viscosity (for lift and wing shape)

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