An engineer, a physicist, and a mathematician were trying to set up a fenced-in area for some sheep, but they had a limited amount of building material.
The engineer got up first and made a square fence with the material, reasoning that it was a pretty good working solution.
"No no," said the physicist, "there's a better way." He took the fence and made a circular pen, showing how it encompassed the maximum possible space with the given material.
Then the mathematician spoke up: "No, no, there's an even better way."
To the others' amusement he constructed a little tiny fence around himself, then declared: "I define myself to be on the outside."
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