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.Scott replied to the thread Graduate Quantum interpretations and indistinguishable elementary particles.A photon that is "absorbed and reemitted" will likely leave behind energy and end up with a higher wavelength. Or, in the case of a...
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.Scott replied to the thread High School Four Circle Problem.
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.Scott replied to the thread I'm just a mutt.OK. Since you're a mutt, I'll make sure she gives you a treat. Welcome to these Forums.
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.Scott reacted to Thecat123's post in the thread High School Homemade DC motor not working! Please help with
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Just got it working thanks to Scott above 👏, proper stator connection and I used 12volts power supply. Made it move but still some... -
.Scott replied to the thread High School Homemade DC motor not working! Please help.You appear to have no stator. You need something for those electromagnets to pull towards. Something of iron or steel that is solidly...
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.Scott replied to the thread Positive wing wash-in dynamic soaring one side.To be clear, you have made left turns more efficient when thermaling by making the plane asymmetric. When flying the Schweizer, I was...
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.Scott replied to the thread Remote Controlled Bowling Ball using Gyroscopes.You will have a rolling ball, some internal control masses (spinning, static, or some of each), and some ability to apply force to those...
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.Scott replied to the thread Undergrad Ice on the moon.The vapor pressure tells you how eager the ice is to sublimate - to become a vapor. Vapor pressure drops exponentially as the...
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.Scott replied to the thread Undergrad Ice on the moon.From NASA Moon South Pole page: Lighting and Terrain At the lunar South Pole, the Sun hovers below or just above the horizon...
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.Scott replied to the thread Physics/math: how much knowledge does a high school teacher need?.I'm all for pushing statistics over calculus. Calculus is very STEM-oriented. Statistics is much broader. Knowing how to read a study...
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.Scott replied to the thread Point of particular Doonesbury strip?.Marines have quite a different reputation than Army soldiers. A common slang term for a Marine is "jarhead". If you join the Marines...
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.Scott replied to the thread How Far is Due East From Due West on Earth?.For a Proton (with two ups and a down) it is less that 0.90 fm.
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.Scott replied to the thread How Far is Due East From Due West on Earth?.There are two trains, three train stations, and a bird. Those three train stations are all along the same track at 200-mile intervals...
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.Scott replied to the thread How Far is Due East From Due West on Earth?."Due east" and "Due west" are directions, not locations. So there is no distance.