"But," she continued, "the solutions manual is not the lighthouse. It is the beam of light from the lighthouse. It doesn't move your ship for you. It simply shows you where the rocks are."
And that made all the difference.
The Lighthouse and the Fog
"Once you understand the given solution," she smiled, "change the problem. The manual says the wave is polarized parallel to the plane of incidence. What if it's perpendicular? The manual's answer becomes your starting point for a new adventure."
"But," she continued, "the solutions manual is not the lighthouse. It is the beam of light from the lighthouse. It doesn't move your ship for you. It simply shows you where the rocks are."
And that made all the difference.
The Lighthouse and the Fog
"Once you understand the given solution," she smiled, "change the problem. The manual says the wave is polarized parallel to the plane of incidence. What if it's perpendicular? The manual's answer becomes your starting point for a new adventure." Electromagnetic Fields And Waves Iskander Solutions Manual