Aircraft are made of metal, not fluid dynamics.
Rockets are made of metal, not ballistics equations.
Nuclear bombs are made of metal, not quantum theory.
Well, metal is important, but to put it to any use other than very naïve fiddling with it, good abstractions are indispensable.
Flamebait titles, on the other hand, don't help it the smallest bit.
Well, metal is important, but to put it to any use other than very naïve fiddling with it, good abstractions are indispensable.
Flamebait titles, on the other hand, don't help it the smallest bit.