Recent content by Peter Nordquist

Interesting . . .and after reading your reply just now, I searched on "quantum theory of lightning" and noticed these two articles that came to the top of the search: [FONT=Times New Roman]Record energies force new thoughts on lightning...

Would this answer explain “How all those “electrons-repelling-each-other” clump together in the clouds in such massive numbers as to allow lightning to strike?” Is Coulomb's Law a generalization that is refined by quantum mechanics, meaning that electrons don't repel each other all the time...

Thanks for the comment. Specifically about the magnetic levitation project, my capstone team at ITT-Tech (2012) was surprised to find that the instability, which we initially overcame by tweaking the analog controller board with capacitors, popped right back in as soon as the Hall Effect sensors...

PS I forgot the link. Here it is. https://www.flickr.com/photos/nordavinci/8195172559/

Greetings, I majored in physics for 1 year at RPI (Troy NY) in 1974, but found more important things to do for many years thereafter, and have recently returned to college, first at ITT-Tech(Computer Electronic Technology) and then Sage College of Albany (Computer Information...