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Undergrad What is the purpose of the exp[-(t^2)/2] term in Fourier transforms?
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Graduate Capillary Action and Young-Laplace
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High School Can I wire a piezo disk with detectors?
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Undergrad What is the Significance of Constraints in Relationships Between Variables?
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Graduate How has lithography evolved over the past 20 years in relation to Moore's laws?
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Graduate Resonant Frequencies from Fourier Analysis
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Undergrad Movitation For Definitions In Physics
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Graduate Could an Atmospheric Siphon Create a Self-Sustaining Effect?
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Undergrad Why do people associate red with hot and blue with cold
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High School How Can Moisture Be Introduced into the Air?
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High School Piezo Crystal Load vs. Current Values Explained
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Undergrad Understanding the Viscosity of Glycerine and Oil in Hydraulic Brakes
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High School What the heck is measured in m2 / s2?
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Undergrad Effect of wind shear on noise propagation
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Undergrad Sensitivity and Uncertainty in measurements
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Physics Quotes: Mind-Bending Ideas from Famous Physicists
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Graduate What is the minimum energy required to escape a gravitational field?
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High School Newton vs Einstein: Who Revolutionized Physics?
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Graduate What is the Fascination with Physics Beyond the Standard Model?
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High School Doppler Effect: Moving Objects & Wavelengths
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Suggestion needed for 3rd grade physics demonstation
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What Are Good Physics Books for Casual Reading?
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Graduate Does resonance have limit?+Fluid
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High School How is glass made and what are its properties?
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High School What's the Meaning Behind the Fish Post on this Forum?
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Undergrad Frequancy choice for echolocation & sonar
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High School Earth & Time: Static Earth & Measurable Time?
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Undergrad Considering the -ve sign in Gravitational Potentail Energy
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Graduate Is Determinism the Only Logical Explanation for the Past?
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High School Compressor - one-stage versus two-stage?
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Undergrad Nitrogen molecules in air question
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High School Anti Science friends and trying to enlighten them. (possibly funny)
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Welcome! Third Year Physics Student Here.
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High School What is a Paradox? Understanding its Role in Physics and Astronomy
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Undergrad Things People Learn Wrong in School?
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Undergrad Why Are the Feynman Lectures so Good?
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Graduate Appeal for the realization of an astronomic observatory on the moon
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Undergrad Integrating a concentration profile
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High School Discover the Benefits of a Syphon Breaker and How It Works
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Graduate Physical meaning of autocorrelation
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Undergrad Whats the diff between calc based and algerbra
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Undergrad James' giant peach would actually need 2,425,907 seagulls
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Undergrad A tedious debate just need some backup.
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High School Can Lightning Be Harnessed for Energy?
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High School How Did Early Navigators Use Time to Determine Their Location?
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How can I incorporate English into my French physics and chemistry lessons?
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Undergrad Waves on a string fixed at both ends
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Graduate Macroscopic properties of matter
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Undergrad What do the graphical representations of waves actually represent?
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Undergrad Heterogeneous nucleation - Mentos and coke
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High School Standing Waves: Understanding the Basics
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Graduate Material/Fluid derivative operator questions
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What was it like to be a physicist/physics student in X?
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Graduate What is this scientific principle called?
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Undergrad Calculating Volume of a Football Using Integration | Step-by-Step Guide
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Graduate I am not a teacher or even student of physics but I am translating a
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Who is the Best Living Physicist?
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Undergrad How does fixed line level attenuation work?
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High School How many waves can exist at the same location
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Undergrad Vaccum physics JJ Thomson's experiment
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Undergrad Density and Viscosity: Causes and Effects
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Undergrad Challenging Hypotheses: The Role of Disproving in Scientific Research
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Explore the Fascinating World of Physics with Us
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High School But I'm sure Speed and velocity are the same thing
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High School Practical Problem re melting points
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High School Why use psi instead of just pound?
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Components of Darkness: What Forms the Dark?
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Undergrad The depth at which physics was discovered
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Undergrad Is There a Material Transparent to UV but Reflective to Visible Light?
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High School Is a Mechanical Wave Just a Sinusoidal Graph of Particle Motion?
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High School Understanding Physics Beyond Equations: Seeking Help
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High School Are Electrons Not Part of an Atom?
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Graduate How Do You Derive u=p/ρ₀c₀ and ρ=p/c₀² from 1D Wave Equations?
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Undergrad Using Formulas in Sentences for Physics Paper
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High School Kitchen Chemistry. Cooking pasta
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She Doesn't Appreciate Science (Ideas?)
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Top 3 living theoretical physicists
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High School Want to know effect of differnet material on capillary action
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High School Mystery Gear: Sodium Lamp + Tuning Fork Jig
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Where can you post physics theorys
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Undergrad What happens to a shear wave at a solid/fluid boarder
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Graduate Do one-dimensional signals truly exist?
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Weired Ice Cube - How'd it happen?
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High School Is Wind Visible, or Just a Sensation?
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High School Vibration Experiment. Equipment and Setup
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Possible announcement of proof Higgs Boson exists
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Identify Stansi mystery lab gear from old lab
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Graduate What are the effects of overblowing on wind instruments?
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Need More of This Crazy Physics Idea? Let Me Explain!
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Undergrad Ionized Air Propulsion: Is it Possible?
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Graduate If you had a possible explanation on dark energy.
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I would like to know where to go to find particle physics on this site
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High School What Are the Prerequisites for Beginning a Self-Taught Education in Physics?
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Graduate Applying MGD for Racing - Practical Use with Physics and Math
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Doubling Computing Power Every Year: Where Will We Be in 50 Years?
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High School Does anyone have an document which contains all definitions of physics laws
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Intera: Understanding This Revolutionary Technology
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High School Driving Through a Rainbow: The Truth Behind This Phenomenon
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Undergrad Phase Shift vs Phase Shift Keying
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Graduate Calculating autocorrelation function
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