CHAZAAM
Phil Smith
TR6
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Sent: Tuesday, February 26, 2002 4:09 PM
Subject: Engineer, physicist and mathematician jokes
> An engineer, a physicist and a mathematician were given a practical
> challenge during an IQ test. Each was given two pots of water and a
single
> gas burner, and were asked to bring both pots of water to a boil. The
> engineer fired up the burner, brought one pot to a boil and set it aside,
> then brought the second pot to a boil. The physicist had the room sealed,
> then pumped air from the room until the water in both pots boiled. The
> mathematician thought for an hour before firing up the burner and bringing
> one pot to a boil, then announced that the conclusion followed by an
> induction argument.
>
> Cliff Hansen
> PhD, Mathematics (and proud of it :-)
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