# "Back Off, Man! I'm A Scientist!"-In Latin?

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**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [October 20, 2014, 11:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/back-off-man-im-a-scientist-in-latin/701964 "2014-10-20T23:52:22Z")\
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**Author:** ![The\_Cabbage\_Man](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/82dd89/32.png) [@The\_Cabbage\_Man](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Cabbage_Man)\
**Post date:** [October 22, 2014, 1:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/back-off-man-im-a-scientist-in-latin/701964/21 "2014-10-22T13:55:58Z")

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The triangular design on the back reminds me of a Sierpinski triangle – A triangle with a triangle in the center removed, and where each remaining triangle has a triangle in the center removed, and where each of those triangles formed has a triangle in the center removed, ad infinitum (literally). The same thing can be done with a square or cube (a Menger sponge).

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**Author:** ![MacLir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/9e8a1a/32.png) [@MacLir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MacLir)\
**Post date:** [October 22, 2014, 2:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/back-off-man-im-a-scientist-in-latin/701964/22 "2014-10-22T14:21:38Z")

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> [@GrumpyBunny](#):
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> Even not in Steampunk, most engineers I’ve met have been a trifle odd…

♫ … But the Engine Room is a temple raised  
To the God of the Engineer! ♫  
(Rudyard Kipling / Leslie Fish)

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**Author:** ![Son\_of\_a\_Rich](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/son_of_a_rich/32/5439_2.png) [@Son\_of\_a\_Rich](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Son_of_a_Rich)\
**Post date:** [October 22, 2014, 3:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/back-off-man-im-a-scientist-in-latin/701964/23 "2014-10-22T15:34:52Z")

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Ackoffbay, I’myay ayay ientistsay.

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**Author:** ![Buck\_Godot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/buck_godot/32/6573_2.png) [@Buck\_Godot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Buck_Godot)\
**Post date:** [October 22, 2014, 4:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/back-off-man-im-a-scientist-in-latin/701964/24 "2014-10-22T16:06:47Z")

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As for equations,

you could try[Maxwell’s equations](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maxwell%27s_equations) or [Euler’s identity](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Euler%27s_identity)

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**Author:** ![DocCathode](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/doccathode/32/18773_2.png) [@DocCathode](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DocCathode)\
**Post date:** [October 22, 2014, 9:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/back-off-man-im-a-scientist-in-latin/701964/25 "2014-10-22T21:27:54Z")

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I have to have a colleague explain Maxwell’s Equations to me in small words. But I think they’re going on the coat. Euler’s Identity is perfect! The idea of finding wonder and beauty in mathematics is very SoE.

Thanks, Spacegun For Hire!

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