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    Preparing for Physics Olympiad: 17 Year Old from India

    I just happened to look at this post I made about 5 years ago and it's funny seeing how sloppy I was. :-) Ki Man: Having spent a few years online, I now understand where you're coming from. These days, I find random abbreviations irritating even in IM/sms. :D
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    Introduction To Loop Quantum Gravity

    Here is a (partial) list. I guess this wiki page will be updated once in a while by some maintainers. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_loop_quantum_gravity_researchers
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    Introduction To Loop Quantum Gravity

    Hi Marcus, I just discovered this gem of a resource you've been compiling. Great work! A couple of posts back, you had put up a list of places around the world where people work in LQG. I'd like to ad another Indian place to the list : Institute of Mathematical Sciences, Chennai, India. Prof...
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    Halliday and resnik, superficial

    which resnick & halliday r u guys talkin abt... 1) resn, hall & WALKER 2) resn, hall & KRANE "...KRANE" is quite rigorous and really good at concepts atleast 4 high school senior yr in which i am studying(walker on the other hand is not that gr8...it's ordinary). ps:i also find feynman...
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    The Feynman Lectures Over my head?

    i got the 3 full volumes(pprback) as a prize. am in 12 grade,india... vol 1 is definitely worth a red 4 anyone...shows u how 2 do some stuff in innovative way without all da complicated math... vol 2 has quite a lot of vector calculus(i have hardly learned real no calculus..;) ).so, it might...
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    Stop Making Stupid Mistakes: Improve Your Math Skills with These Tips!

    hey, i once factored 8... = 4... x 4... (... represents some variables) & spent the last 1/2 hor of my exam trying to find the mistake. i found it 5 mins from the end, but it was 2 late 2 correct anything.:cry: again,quite often i tend 2 make mistaes in copying down terms/numbers in questions...
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    Preparing for Physics Olympiad: 17 Year Old from India

    i'm not starting from scratch... around 200 ppl from the country r selected 4 the 2nd level, thro an exam(level 1). i got the news ofme selection 4 days ago. i'd just like tips 4 prep. and yeah, i am goin thro past yrs problems and solns.
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    Preparing for Physics Olympiad: 17 Year Old from India

    hi everyone i'm a 17 year old 4m india, who is taking part in the national phy oymp, leading to the intl. phy olympiad. how do i prepare 4 this ? pl reply soon as i have only a couple of weeks 2 prepare.
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