- Yes. That will reproduce the first order term, but what about the effect of the other terms?
- Negligible.
8 seconds sound clip from the The Day the Earth Stood Still (1954) classic radio play.
You can hear this line at 00:24:04 in the radio play.
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- You are Mr. Carpenter, who wrote those equations on my blackboard?
- My clumsy way of introducing myself.
- I appreciate the need for security, Professor.
- I have not quite fathomed the problem, even with your remarkable assistance, Mr. Carpenter.
- Let's look at it, sir. All you have to do now is substitute this expression at this point.
- Yes. That will reproduce the first order term, but what about the effect of the other terms?
- With variation of parameters, this is the answer.
- How can you be so sure? Have you tested this theory?
- I find it works well enough to get me from one planet to another.
- Klaatu!
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