In particular, a recent article uses (among other things) integral calculus and partial differential equations to derive the desired conclusions from such facts as that the president was shot from a high-powered military rifle, or that his hat size was 7 3/8 in., and reads more like emotionally-loaded, outcome-driven persuasion delivered from behind the shield of amply-used college math and physics than a disinterested scholarly analysis based on relevant facts, logic, and well-structured calculations.