When I studied Engineering at Uni, during the common first year we did a thermodynamics unit. During this unit, the lecturer said that we used all the weird units and terminology so that any non engineering students who walked past the lecture theatre would not understand how simple it is.
Here is my take on Accounting and Debits and Credits and how it is all just simple maths on a number line.
https://winthropdc.wordpress.com/2016/02/17/accounting-principles-and-the-mathematics-behind-them/
