Thorsten Zöller on Nostr: Yes, exactly, the discussion with Eric Forgy and others. One can still find an ...

Yes, exactly, the discussion with Eric Forgy and others. One can still find an archived copy of it on the internet (I even have it bookmarked...).

I read it around the time I first learned that there are other things than scalars and vectors in physics, and that, for instance, electric and magnetic fields are *not* 3-vectors. It was kind of a relevation for me at that time - in particular since nobody taught that at university (at least not in undergraduate classes). Suddenly, a whole new world seemed to open up when I learned about differential forms and other geometrical objects...