[Spridgets] Unified Field Theory - No LCB content

[Jim Johnson]

Thanks, Mike!  Being a physics geek too, I really laughed at this one!  I'm
going to get some mileage out of it!

Cheers!!
Jim

On Mon, Feb 23, 2009 at 11:38 AM, Michael Rowe <mdrowe at optonline.net> wrote:

> I found the following while cleaning a shelf.  No LCB content, but
> universal applicability.
>
> Michael Rowe
> '74 Midget
> Long Island, NY
>
> Unified Field Theory
> In the beginning there was Aristotle,
> And objects at rest tended to remain at rest,
> And objects in motion tended to come to rest,
> And soon everything was at rest,
> And God saw that it was boring.
>
> Then God created Newton,
> And objects at rest tended to remain at rest,
> But objects in motion tended to remain in motion,
> And energy was conserved and momentum was conserved and matter was
> conserved,
> And God saw that it was conservative.
>
> Then God created Einstein,
> And everything was relative.
> And fast things became short,
> And straight things became curved,
> And the universe was filled with inertial frames,
> And God saw that it was relatively general, but some of it was especially
> relative.
>
> Then God created Bohr,
> And there was the principle,
> And the principle was quantum,
> And all things were quantified,
> But some things were still relative,
> And God saw that it was confusing.
>
> Then God was going to create Furgeson,
> And Furgeson would have unified,
> And he would have fielded a theory,
> And all would have been one,
> But it was the seventh day,
> And God rested,
> And things at rest tend to remain at rest.
>
>
> This was attributed to Tim Joseph at Cornell, many years ago. I don't know
> the actual origin.