Classical Physics Forum

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Undergrad What do physicists mean by action at a distance?

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High School Vocabulary: The Conversion of Matter into Energy

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Graduate Can the wave equation accurately describe motion in waves with angles near 90°?

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High School What is the Meaning of End Correction?

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High School Is the sun moving simple harmonically up and down also?

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Graduate Have a Solution for the Exploding Grenade Problem?

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High School What is radius of gyration and how is it applied in practice?

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Graduate Wave dispersion relation and group vs phase velocity

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Undergrad Differences between Del Operators at Field/Source Points

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Undergrad How do standing waves form on strings without a vibrator?

  • Cheman
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High School Nature of Waves: Why Do They Form?

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Where to find free physics ebooks on quantum and relativity

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Undergrad Maximum distance between things connected to a point (3D trig)

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High School What Happens to Boiling Water in Zero Gravity?

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Undergrad Math student looking for introductory book in physics

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Finding "The Period of F = -kx^n" by Hirata and Thiessen

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Graduate Unit vector normal to scalar field

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High School Why is the gravitational force proportional to 1/r²?

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Undergrad Complexity Concept in Statistical Mech.

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Graduate Random Walk Problem: Finding Relative Dispersion

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Undergrad Why do the Doppler effect equations yield different frequencies?

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Is Rarefaction and Compression Related to Changes in Density?

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High School Could a Gyroscopic Effect Explain the 21-Gram Soul Theory?

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High School Explain me about Microfluid and its applications?

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Undergrad Understanding Line Integrals with Respect to Delta X and Delta Y

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Undergrad Can Humans Hear Electromagnetic Waves?

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High School Can Ohm's law be proved from first principles?

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Undergrad Dr. Winglees Spacecraft And Weather Modificatio

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Undergrad Exit velocity of water in Earth Giant Pump pipeline from pole to equator

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Undergrad How Can You Calculate the Bonding Energy Difference Between O2 and O3?

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High School AHHHH enone knows how to answer dis question?

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Constructing a small EMP device?

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High School What actually is energy and why is it conserved

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High School Interactive physics project ideas for science fair

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High School How to explain Archimedes' principle to 9-10 year olds

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Undergrad Dipole in physics and Chemistry

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High School Weird Glass Behaviour: Find Out What Happened

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Gravity Goes Weird: What Science Says

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High School Physics extended essay topic suggestions needed

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High School Nitrogen fixation process of bacteria

  • Cyrus
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High School Is there a Gravity-Free Spot at Earth's Center?

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Simple physics topic for an investigatory project

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Undergrad Is Chaos Defined? An Exploration

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High School What Is the Space Entity with Quantity "Volume"?

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Undergrad Numerical Methods and Spreadsheet Physics

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Undergrad How Does Ionization Affect the Behavior and Speed of Air Molecules?

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Graduate Can Supersonic Waves Exist in Solids?

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Undergrad What background do I need for stealth technology research?

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Undergrad Why does frequency change in Doppler effect situations?

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Graduate Do perfectly dense incompressible particles vibrate when struck?

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Graduate What are some recommended intermediate level statistical mech. and E/M books?

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When Do Physics Courses Start Getting Interesting?

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How did you do on the AP Physics exam?

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Stuck on Relativity Implications and LQG Images?

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High School Why Does the Sky Appear Blue?

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Undergrad Is it possible for a string to vibrate at multiple frequencies at once?

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Graduate Terminology that is inconsistent with basic physic definitions

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Graduate Landau Series - Reviews and Feedback

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Undergrad Sources of gravitational fields

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High School Copper vs aluminum heatsinks: which performs better?

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Graduate K-Delta Function in Autocorrelation of Gaussian White Noise

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Undergrad Bubble Physics: Modeling and Scripting for Realistic Bubbles

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High School Recommend a physics textbook focusing on conceptual understanding

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High School What happens if a human is exposed to a vacuum?

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What are the properties of fire?

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High School How much mass does the sun add to the earth each day?

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Undergrad Calculating Resonant Frequency of Water in a Cylindrical Pipe

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High School What Causes the Egg-Water Phenomenon?

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