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High School If you had 10 minutes to teach someone Physics
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High School What kind of tools do physicists use?
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Undergrad Creating a Silent Dartboard: Physics & Solutions
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Undergrad Spherical Coordinates: Understanding Theta Equation
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Undergrad What distinguishes plane waves from wave packets in physics?
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Uncovering the Mystery of Deeper Footprints in the Sand: East vs. West
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Undergrad Why Are Detectors for Molecular Vibration Frequencies Less Common?
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Graduate Is Everything in Our Universe Absolute or Relative?
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Undergrad Complex Conjugation in the Continuous Time
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Graduate Why topological invariants instead of topological invariances?
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Undergrad Why Does the Continuous Emission Spectrum Depend Only on Temperature?
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Graduate Can Quantum Particles Differentiate Between Parallel Universes?
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Graduate E^(i[itex]\omega[/itex]t) question
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Graduate What is the Difference Between ∫X.dY and ∫Y.dX in Physical Applications?
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Undergrad Using energy to scrub the atmosphere of greenhouse gases
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Graduate What Are the Unsolved Problems in Physics and Math That Could Impact Society?
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What Is the Newest Generation of Solar Cells?
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Undergrad Is hv/kt Dimensionless in Planck's Radiation Law?
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High School Where Can I Find Texas Tower Data for Physics Experiments?
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Undergrad What is Triboluminescence and How Does it Work?
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Run so fast that you'd run over your back?
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Graduate Gibbs phenomenon and ringing in square waves: causality?
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Graduate How Did Gordon Grant Combine Music and Fly Fishing in His Innovative Rod Design?
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Undergrad Infinity -just maths or any physical existence?
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Undergrad Question on the error of the estimated mean.
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Undergrad Decoding the Definition of Physics Codes
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Graduate Cavitation detection in machinery
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High School Is physics the right major for me?
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Undergrad Mass can turn into Energy, or is it Matter which can turn into energy?
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Undergrad What is the point of Fourier Series and what is it used for?
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High School Why is Energy a Scalar? A Simple Explanation
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High School Cool Beer in 45 Seconds - Reverse Microwave
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High School Why do blue and yellow pigments create green when mixed?
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Undergrad Dimensions and Dimensional analysis question
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High School How do I record the occurrence of waves?
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Should I Do Physics At University?
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High School Public Speaking Tips for Yo-Yo Physics
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Graduate Fourier Transform - how to increment in time?
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High School Why is equal sign used in physics?
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Undergrad Why Are Standards Definitions So Complicated?
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Hi there, just registered and desperate to learn physics/mathematics
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Graduate Are Gaming Consoles Solving PDEs for Realistic Animations?
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What does living in exponential times mean?
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Graduate How Does Sinc Convolution Prepare an Image for Nearest Neighbor Downscaling?
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Graduate Understanding Normal Modes of Objects - Linear vs Non-Linear Particles
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Undergrad Bubbles Escaping from Submerged Container
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Undergrad What Is the Difference Between Intensity and Density?
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Undergrad Why Is Vector Notation Essential in Cross Product Calculations?
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How many atoms thick is a sheet of paper?
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Graduate What is the rate of change of amplitude for standing waves with respect to x?
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Graduate What is "% fs" Meaning in AFM Oscillation?
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Undergrad How Can I Measure Dosage of Ferromagnetic Powder in Kerosene?
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MHB Product Warning Labels: Handle with Extreme Care!
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High School Understanding Spectrum: Types and Interactions with Matter
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Recommendations for a Book on the History of Physics
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Graduate Researching Negative Energy: Where to Start?
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High School Who Won the 2013 Nobel Prize in Physics and Why Not Others?
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Undergrad Is Detonation a Physical or Chemical Reaction?
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Undergrad Can someone with a helmholtz calculation equation.
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Graduate How do we calculate gravitational force when an object is inside a shell?
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High School Primitive methods to make simple geometrical solids
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High School What is the concept of mass conservation and its implications for human life?
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Graduate Can something exist without us ever being able to detect it ?
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Graduate Sealing a 6 torr closed system vacuum
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High School Visualizing Angle of 40 Degrees on Bathroom Scale
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Wanted High density Liquid For suspension of Solids
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Undergrad What would happen if five modern nuclear bombs detonated over a town?
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What Would Make a Fun and Useful Physics App?
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Graduate The birth of statistical mechanics
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Graduate Derivative discretization with fixed boundary condition
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Graduate Calculating Error of w from Errors in x,y,z
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Undergrad A few questions about wave interactions (conceptual, not technical)
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Undergrad How Does Error Propagation Affect Calculations in Physics?
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High School Why are even numbered problems excluded from textbook answer keys?
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High School Test My Idea: Create a Small Ionosphere with Electricity & Nickle
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High School Universal Gravitation Constant - HELP
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Can You Get Electrocuted in the Shower During a Thunderstorm?
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Graduate Can't be described as one or many?
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Einstein vs Newton: Who is the Superior Physicist?
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High School Will a Vacuum-Formed Elastic Sheet Create a Parabolic Shape?
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Undergrad Can moisture be repel or attract using forces?
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High School Percent uncertainty for noobs (like me)
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Graduate How To Incorporate Sensor Uncertainties With Multiple Measurements?
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Undergrad How do famous physicists create their formulas?
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Undergrad What are the Physics Behind Common and Uncommon Natural Phenomena?
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High School Tossing Coins: Can We Predict the Outcome?
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New Chinese University Student Seeks to Learn About Physics
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Graduate How to Propagate Errors Across Models?
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Graduate When is it ok to exclude data for a model to fit better?
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Undergrad Equal flow distribution to 3x3 grid
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How unrealistic are super powers?
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Undergrad Forced Vibration: Amplitude Of Vibration Changes Periodically?
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Undergrad Confused how to use calculus in physics
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Undergrad Prof. Walter Lewin Explains "That's that rho of s
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Graduate Questions about the physics of the trumpet
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Why we always say that time is forward?
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High School Archimedes' Weapon: Focussing Mirror Melts Car in London
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