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I have a question regarding past thoughts on the fundamental forces of nature. 1) Prior to the unification of the EM force, how many fundamental forces were there thought to be? 2) When did the concept of a force first come to be? 3) How were forces described prior to this time? Where...

Hello, I am a non-science student with a huge interest in cosmology and modern physics. I've read Micheal Greene's "Elegant Universe" and "Fabric of the Cosmos" a couple of times, and I loved them. What else do you recommend? (I know about Stephen Hawking's 2 books, and I hope to read them...

I'm in a class where we have to do assignments in partners, and when i found this out, i looked around class and saw that everyone was paired off. Panicking, after class, i encountered the first person i could find wihtout a partner, introduced myself, and asked if we could be partners. he...

Consider the test of the hypotheses: Null: (sigma1)^2>=(sigma2)^2 Alternative: (sigma1)^2<(sigma2)^2 where α = 0.05 and: n1 = 8 and s1 = 13.0 n2 = 10 and s2 = 11.5. What is the test statistic for F? Your Answer: 1.278 Correct Answer: 1.278 If the alternative...

Has anyone read "from free trade to forced trade" by Peter Urmetzer? I just finished reading it. It was a bit of an eye opener - it describes free trade as a neutral activity - not good or bad. Great book

Are there any benefits to getting a BBA (4-yr program), and then getting a BSc (hopefully followed by med-schoo). So basically, would one accomplish anything by getting business and medical degrees? Just curious

Thanx guys...I guess i missed that subforum

Considering that this is a physics and math help forum, I believe that admin should add a sub-forum for statistical mathematics, probability, and/or mathematics for business. Although they aren't "conventional" science-related maths, they are maths nonetheless, and i think that they are...

I'm pretty sure this is it..but in particular, under what heading/data set would i look under if i would like to see what would be, i guess, a "net worth" for the industry?

Are there any sites where I can find how much certain specific Canadian / North American industries are worth? In particular, I'm looking for the industry that includes packaged desserts (pastries, cakes, pies, etc.).

I did that...the links are either too simplified, where all they really say is "accounting fraud", or they summarize the aftermath of the scandals - the lawsuits, etc. I'm looking for a reader's digest version just highlighting the main points of what the scandals were

I'm a new business student, and am trying to understand what happened in the three titled scandals, however, whenever I look on the net, I find complicated explanations, or news regarding the convicted men. All I want is a clear, concise, summary of what happened at these scandals. Can anyone...

So how would a country's usage of a social surplus, let's say China vs. US, differ? Would they both use it for military purposes?

Back to the basics. Theoretically, what is a social surplus? I mean, how do countries like the US and China use it (if they even do) to there advantage?

I'm in first-year business school, and am taking economics for the first time. I'm not too clear on what exactly a social surplus is? Can anyone explain using simple examples, just so that I may have this clarified? Thanx