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A gamma ray is just a radio wave seen in a different frame of reference. The curvature must be the same for both! The source of gravity...

What I'm about to say doesn't fall into the category of "what I wish I had known, or what I wish someone had told me", because it's...

5.4 rem per hour? ... per day? ...

I agree with the post above, but get 70,000 GPM. 100 MW = 100E6 watts X 3.4 BTU/hr/W = 3.4E8 BTUH. 3.4E8 BTUH / 10 deg F X 1.0 lb deg...

Thanks for the check, @jrmichler . You're quite right, I'm not sure what I fat fingered to get 90K.

The discharge permit (worked out during the plant siting process) will govern the maximum allowed discharge temperature. The heat...

I'm having a hard time grasping this.

https://www.physicsforums.com/threads/when-discussing-the-twin-paradox-read-this-first.1048697/

The idea that Richard Feynman didn't understand the basics of relativity as well as anyone else who ever lived is cretinous.

I'd put it this way: the question "where was Feynman wrong?" isn't well-defined, because there's no single "the" explanation of the twin...

There's no single, correct way to explain the twin paradox. People on YouTube who prefer a certain explanation like to say that everyone...

This project is rated at 10/10 (determined by how many fingers I have at the end). (Oops. I see these pics were taken just a few...

The videos are terrifying.