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Ppines-demon reacted to Hornbein's post in the thread History Interesting anecdotes in the history of physics? with
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Even after his famed 1905 papers Einstein had trouble getting an academic job. In spite of being sponsored by famous Max Planck --... -
Ppines-demon replied to the thread Graduate Wave properties of a phonon.You are right it is a short hand to avoid "excitation of mode ##\omega,\mathbf k##". But in second quantization treatment, this is...
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Ppines-demon replied to the thread History Memorable quotes in the history of physics.On turbulence: –Horace Lamb (1932 address British Association for the Advancement of Science, I could not find it) –Richard Feynman...
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Ppines-demon replied to the thread History Interesting anecdotes in the history of physics?.Einstein got (Nobel) help from his dad? Albert Einstein was unable to get an assistant position while he was studying in Zurich. He...
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Ppines-demon replied to the thread Other What are some good books for learning Galois Theory?.If anybody here knows: How readable is Galois’ original work? I was wondering how much could he do without the work of Noether and Van...
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Ppines-demon replied to the thread Asimov's Foundation: Am I the only one who likes the show more?.I liked this half more than most of the stories at the end of Foundation 1. Sure but a reason was given. In the TV series there is no...
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the difference between someone who understands Galois theory and the rest of us is illustrated by this simple question: when asked why... -
Ppines-demon replied to the thread Asimov's Foundation: Am I the only one who likes the show more?.Oh boy I finally got to watch season 2. What a fabulous... mess. I can say that: I liked most of the fabricated new plots related to...
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Ppines-demon reacted to Morbert's post in the thread Graduate Understanding Barandes' microscopic theory of causality with Like.
The interpretation would be the conceptualization of a quantum system as a system with a definite classical configuration, evolving...
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Ppines-demon replied to the thread Graduate Understanding Barandes' microscopic theory of causality.In previous threads, I have argued that it is not an interpretation in the sense that it does not claim to give an explanatory...
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Ppines-demon replied to the thread Undergrad Can (ordo) Fermions convert to Bosons?.A single fermion in vacuum cannot turn into a single boson in vacuum due to conservation laws (can you tell which?). If you want to...