Recent content by rejuice

I guess the right search query helps. I just now managed to find the original Gauss paper. http://www.deutschestextarchiv.de/book/show/gauss_theoria_1831 Of course, I can't find the Disquisitiones Arithmeticae original, and lots of people want to sell an English translation. Such is the price of...

True. Good suggestion. I had read about why carbon nanotubes conduct, but it hadn't dawned on me graphite would be the same until I saw in an old book pencil leads being used as conductors for electrolysis of water. Bizarre. Hm... Is it possible then to draw your own electrical circuit and have...

You're correct: Not in the traditional sense. But I find it important to have a real-world connection to the scientific ideas. Often, people new to scientific ideas go, "Oh that's cool. Now how is it applicable to my life?" and by that, they don't want a "physics" explanation, they want a DIY...

Thanks for the welcome, everyone! Good suggestion. I did manage to figure out the other day I wasn't generating enough static in the first place... Maybe that would help. XD I'll have to remember to try out your suggestion, so thank you!

Hi everyone, I graduated in chemistry some years back and am trying to get back into it (hence the username). I've found myself appreciating older textbooks more than newer ones - the concepts are presented without the fluff and there's more hands-on experimenting with the real stuff, not just...

I read the translation of Schrodinger's original 1927 paper on quantum and realized there's a ton of stuff he already knew or was familiar with. I think we've lost a significant bit of information and training since that era. Even the space race era had better education. I'd like to discover the...