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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°?
- quasar987
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High School What is the Meaning of End Correction?
- bepunctual
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Why not have standard 12V DC outlets in homes instead of individual transformers
- WarrickF
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High School Is the sun moving simple harmonically up and down also?
- nishant
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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)
- ShawnD
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High School What Happens to Boiling Water in Zero Gravity?
- evthis
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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?
- Zeteg
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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?
- robousy
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High School Explain me about Microfluid and its applications?
- EngTechno
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Undergrad Understanding Line Integrals with Respect to Delta X and Delta Y
- Cyrus
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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
- errorist
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Undergrad How Can You Calculate the Bonding Energy Difference Between O2 and O3?
- JosephRombousky
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Undergrad Why would Earth's magnetic field affect CRT monitor deflection in different hemispheres?
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Where to find solutions for Physics for Scientists and Engineers chapters 22+
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High School AHHHH enone knows how to answer dis question?
- Joanna
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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
- actingbiz1
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Undergrad Dipole in physics and Chemistry
- Simonnava
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High School Weird Glass Behaviour: Find Out What Happened
- Ghiret
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Gravity Goes Weird: What Science Says
- mee
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High School Physics extended essay topic suggestions needed
- tnorkhangpa
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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?
- The Green Giant
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Simple physics topic for an investigatory project
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Undergrad Is Chaos Defined? An Exploration
- Mk
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High School What Is the Space Entity with Quantity "Volume"?
- mani
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Undergrad Numerical Methods and Spreadsheet Physics
- cj
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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?
- theFuture
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When Do Physics Courses Start Getting Interesting?
- Alem2000
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How did you do on the AP Physics exam?
- Ebolamonk3y
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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?
- Sociopath^e
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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
- petmar
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High School What Causes the Egg-Water Phenomenon?
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