I'm quite sure the author knows more than me, by far, so I'll err on the side of believing them, but I'm amazed that someone could read a physics textbook, but not be able to do a resistance measurement in a way they were happy with.
Anything above microohms would be trivial to measure compared to the skill needed to understand even the most basic physics textbook.
Of course, they didn't have 3D printers to make solderless mounts, and the equipment was much worse(I'd imagine they probably still had analog oscilloscopes lying around!).
But then again, I was once asked by a friend who was about to graduate to come help with a college project. I know absolutely nothing about any of the math involved, I was just there to make some sensor data go on a WiFi network. We got everything done in a day, after they were fighting for weeks.
I think college just only teaches you the hard stuff, and then leaves you to figure out easy things like "Resistors have a power rating that isn't infinite" by yourself. Seems pretty reasonable given the fact college education people make 20 to 100 times more than me!
Anything above microohms would be trivial to measure compared to the skill needed to understand even the most basic physics textbook.
Of course, they didn't have 3D printers to make solderless mounts, and the equipment was much worse(I'd imagine they probably still had analog oscilloscopes lying around!).
But then again, I was once asked by a friend who was about to graduate to come help with a college project. I know absolutely nothing about any of the math involved, I was just there to make some sensor data go on a WiFi network. We got everything done in a day, after they were fighting for weeks.
I think college just only teaches you the hard stuff, and then leaves you to figure out easy things like "Resistors have a power rating that isn't infinite" by yourself. Seems pretty reasonable given the fact college education people make 20 to 100 times more than me!