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Andrew Mason replied to the thread High School I don't understand the Michelson–Morley experiment.So long as a theory does not conflict with what is accurately observed by careful measurement/experiment, the theory is valid. But it... -
Andrew Mason replied to the thread Undergrad Why the initial choice matters in the Monty Hall problem.I haven't read every post, so I may be repeating an observation already mentioned. But if you switch you lose only if you first chose...
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Andrew Mason replied to the thread Undergrad Why ##a^0=1##?.If ##a^0\ne 1## then ##a^0\ne -e^{\pi i}## and the beauty of mathematics would be gone. AM
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Andrew Mason replied to the thread The ugliest moon in the solar system.Hmmm. So those green craters on the pizza at the bottom of my fridge could be due to radioactivity?! I thought it was just the usual...
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Andrew Mason replied to the thread Graduate Musing on the Foundations of Statistical Mechanics.There are other threads that discuss the similarities and differences between thermodynamic entropy Boltzmann entropy and Clausius...
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Andrew Mason replied to the thread Undergrad Textbook description of R##\ddot{\text o}##mer's light speed calculation.The radius of Jupiter at the equator is 71,500 km and the radius of Io’s orbit is 422,000 km. The radius of Jupiter’s orbit about the...
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Bingo. As should have been obvious, it would not have been possible to time an individual transit since that is defined as the period Io... -
Andrew Mason replied to the thread Undergrad Textbook description of R##\ddot{\text o}##mer's light speed calculation.Whether Earth is moving toward or away from Jupiter is almost immaterial in itself. The orbital period of Io is about 42.5 hours. In...
