What is Strange: Definition and 587 Discussions

Baron Strange is a title that has been created several times in the Peerage of England. Two creations, one in 1295 and another in 1326, had only one holder each, upon the death of whom they became extinct. Two of the creations, that of 1299 and that of 1628, are extant. All four baronies of Strange have been created by writ, which means that they can pass through both male and female lines.
Following the passing of the Peerage Act 1963, Elizabeth Frances Philipps, 14th Baroness Strange of the 1299 creation, became the first woman to take her seat in the House of Lords by virtue of an hereditary peerage.

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  1. Z

    Little strange material to find or build

    Well, the thing is that since one year or more I'm trying to find a non toxic compound that can be done mixing water with "something", I need that the result of that has "like gum" properties, or a high density foam (like a hard mattress). I don't know much about chemistry but I think there must...
  2. G

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  3. H

    Draw the Lewis Dot Diagram of a strange compound

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  4. D

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    I couldn't really think of a good title for this question, lol. Is it possible that a real number exists that can only be expressed in exact form when that form must includes complex numbers? For example, the equation 2 \, x^{3} - 6 \, x^{2} + 2 = 0 has the following roots x_1 =...
  5. B

    Ti-84 strange derrivative problem

    Hey there, I'm using a Ti-84 calculator to calculate derrivatives. It goes like this: Y1={the actual function} Y2=nDeriv(Y1,X,X) This seems to work, except for functions with cos(x), sin(x),.. Example: Y1=X² Y2=nDeriv(Y1,X,X) Y3=2X As Y3 represents the actual derrivative of Y1, Y2 and Y3 are...
  6. I

    Need logical explanation for strange event

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  7. E

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  8. Anna Blanksch

    Why Do Dogs do Strange things

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  9. ShayanJ

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    Consider the velocity vector v^i=\dot{x}^i \hat{e}_i . We know that in the plane polar coordinates,it becomes \vec{v}=\dot{r}\hat{r}+r\dot{\theta}\hat{\theta} We also know that it is a contravariant vector so if we transform it covariantly from cartesian coordinates to plane polar...
  10. B

    Double Integral with Strange Limits of Integration

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  11. G

    Medical CTE, tau protein plaques, and strange behavior

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  12. R

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    Question: Which best describes the delta G for hydrolysis of creatine phosphate under cellular conditions in which the concentration of creatine phosphate, creatine, and phosphate all equal 1 mM at 25 degrees C. The delta G naught for the hydrolysis of creatine phosphate at 25 degrees C is...
  13. K

    Strange object in the sky blinking

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  14. J

    Why such strange units of measure?

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  15. zoobyshoe

    The Strange Continuing Appeal of Charles Manson

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  16. A

    Strange parabolic calculations - need simplification help.

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  17. S

    Optimizing Bi-Linear Objective Function for Vector Fitting in Flat Space

    I have two matrices, A and D, with same numbers of rows and different numbers of columns (A has many more columns than D), I want to find x and y such that ||Ax-Dy||_2 is minimized. I.e., I want to find the closest vectors in span{A} and span{D}. Seems like a simple problem, but couldn't figure...
  18. D

    Why do capacitor bushings have strange shapes?

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  19. P

    Strange behaviour of viscoelastic materials

    Dear Physics Forum, I posted this in the Mechanical Engineering Forum a while ago without any responses, but by looking at the other threads I suspect that it was the wrong place so I am posting it again here where it looks more at home (so apologies if i was wrong!). Can anyone explain...
  20. P

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  21. fluidistic

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  22. Evo

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  23. T

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  24. A

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  25. J

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  26. M

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  27. A

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  28. M

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  29. K

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  30. Z

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  31. Twinflower

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  32. A

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  33. K

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  34. S

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  35. P

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    Hello! I have for you some questions about the lasers. When ordinary laser beam directed at a small ball (few millimeters) on the screen I saw a bright spot in the middle of the shadow. What it is due?
  36. C

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  37. A

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  38. C

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  39. C

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  40. H

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  41. B

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  42. J

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  43. W

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  44. B

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  45. I

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  46. M

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  47. N

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  48. T

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  49. Femme_physics

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  50. E

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