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    Uncovering the Truth Behind the Founders of Relativity: A Comprehensive Analysis

    That is pretty self evident why Tesla is such a big internet celebrity. People are curious/fear about what is unknown...since Tesla's experiments seem to be "flashy" and add his reclusive image of "mad scientist"... and the fact that he made a bunch of random statements about having...
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    Torn Between Physics and Philosophy

    Philosophy is not a set of beliefs...it is a methodology. 1) In Analytic philosophy dept...which is the most unis in USA/England - philosophers who do philosophy of science...almost all studied physics or math. In my undergrad. education in philosophy out of ~10 profs. 5 had degrees in...
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    Disenchanted with Physics Other Sciences?

    1) The most reasonable position seems to be to accept that you are a limited human being...as we all are...and thus we cannot find out some things...ever...such as empirically prove/disprove God...etc. 2) So far...Scientific Method IS THE BEST method of getting consistent results from empirical...
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    Calculating the Volume of an Electron

    It is totally not relevant what people call "elementary" or not...this is merely a convention and doesn't prove anything. Electron is said to be a point particle just because all the measurements thus far have not established any particular size. As an approximation this is good. If it...
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    Calculating the Volume of an Electron

    Things with no spatial extension still make no real physical sense (let's leave aside Wikipedia if you want). Example1: you cannot properly integrate or sum over anything spatially if it has 0 extensions... Example2: suppose you have a ball of finite size, now you take the ball to be a point...
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    Calculating the Volume of an Electron

    I don't get how that makes any sense that electron has 0 volume As an approximation it can be thought of as having 0 volume, but as a physical fact that is just ridiculous. If something has no spatial extensions, then how can it exist if there is nothing in that space (otherwise it would...
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    Should I pursue a second Ph.D. in history after studying physics?

    I think you don't realize connection between all the sciences (be it natural or social, etc.). In the deepest level, they are all very similar - but differ in their criteria for what is "proof" and establishment of results. I have spoken on such topics and other philosophical issues concerning...
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    Studying Need Advice on summer studying, books, calculus

    Hello. Some background on me: Just graduated with physics major and am going to graduate school this fall. However, due to additional focus on philosophy I couldn't focus on properly learning either math or physics. I am relatively capable, however, I have small knowledge with many gaps to...
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    Programs How many papers should I publish during PhD to get a decent postdoc position?

    To cosmogirl: In USA it is 6 years (on average), because the first 1-2 years are classes. If a student comes directly from bachelor degree he is most likely not prepared enough in advance topics. However, some students come with a very strong MS degree or already did research elsewhere, they...
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    Solve Recurrent Equation - Step-by-Step Guide

    Probability, that random variable X(n) will take a value m.
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    Solve Recurrent Equation - Step-by-Step Guide

    Good Day. I need to solve reccurent sequence. P{X(n)=m}=SUM(from 1, to n-1)(p(n,k)*P{X(k)=m-1} P{X(0}=0}=1 P{X(1)=0}=1 p(n,k)-some const witch depends on n and k. I need full solvation of this problem. Thanks for help.
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    Pictures of your lab (experimentalists & theoreticians)

    Your avatar >>> all statistically possible pics of your work places ... :)
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    Pictures of your lab (experimentalists & theoreticians)

    Haha, you reminded me of a joke about physics... So world ended and all physicists went to heaven (obviously, it could be otherway?..didnt think so :) ) so they didnt know what to do...so decided to play hide and seek. So Einstein started counting and Newton instead of running to hide was...
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    Pictures of your lab (experimentalists & theoreticians)

    We need a lot more pics of theoretical desks :)
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