Big Nate by Lincoln Peirce for September 17, 1996
September 16, 1996
September 18, 1996
Transcript:
Nate: Who do you think you are? The math club can't just kick the cartooning club out of this room! girl: Huh! We just did! Nate: Yeah? Well, you'll be sorry! You don't respect us now, but you WILL! You're going to do a 360 turnaround! girl: A 360 turnaround would leave us facing the same way. Teddy: Try to stay away from geometry metaphors. HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA
For the aspiring scientists out there, note that in maths and in particle physics, you sometimes need 720 degrees (not 360) to get back to your original position. Google “orientation entanglement” or “quaternions 720”. There is also a cool YouTube video about using a coffee cup or a book in your hand to understand how a 360 degrees rotation will NOT get you back, but 720 degrees (two 360 rotations) will.