It's fun to me that there are formulae in modern bridge construction that are so complex that engineers don't do the math themselves. They go consult a chart. Which I guess was figured out by Vulcan, god of engineers, and handed down
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@InternetEh "Vulcan" = 1800's British mathematician perverted enough to enjoy doing complex continuum mechanics problems analytically
@InternetEh those people make Tool Assisted Speedruns now
@kniferoomba we just don't have someone perverted in that specific direction every generation