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    Decoherence does not collapse wavefunc.

    "Decoherence does not generate actual wave function collapse. It only provides an explanation for the appearance of wavefunction collapse. The quantum nature of the system is simply "leaked" into the environment" http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quantum_decoherence I have taken a full year of...
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    Asking a professor for a research position

    U will look more serious and interested if u write them an e-mail and show up 2 office hours, chances are they probably won't even look at that e-mail because they get so much junk anyway. Yes u can still get a job if u just show up, but i think u got better chances with an e-ail first...
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    Asking a professor for a research position

    I still think that u seem more serious if u e-mail first, its like a compay, u don't just show up at the door, u e-mail human resources and introduce yourself 1st before u know on the door
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    Nobody complains about physicists' math?

    Mathematicians make fun of physicist, physicist make fun of engineers, engineer make fun of computer scientist, see the connection?
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    How Does Charge Affect Force in an Electric Field?

    "Magnitude & Direction of the Electric Field = 4.36 N/C upward"I think this is correct so far, and then all you need to do is multiply the E by the charge of a proton. There is no need for k. I think u pretty much got it, maybe # error.
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    Are you a fellow physics student using Purcell & Kleppner?

    wow, I'm quite impressed, these are pretty sofisticated books. Thats some devotion and charecter. What year are you? I am a first. ps. glad 2 hear someonsle uses these books 2.
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    Are you a fellow physics student using Purcell & Kleppner?

    Hey guys, I used Kleppner and Kolenkow last semster,it is an alright book, although sometimes a bit to dry and heavy in its explanations, and am using Purcell now, the Berkeley edition, very happy and satisfied by it. Just curious if there are any fellow physics students using these books...
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    Calculating D from ρv = 2sinФ + cosФ (c/m^2) in Electrostatics

    where is d in the equation? What is this equation? Context?
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    Fun Riddle: Solve the Clues to Discover the Mystery Object Ending in X

    it ends in X, and how does religion need to jump?
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    Creativity in Physics: Berkeley vs IIT

    hmm, i never thought of creativity as a tool, but i can actually see that quite easily. I think that creativity like other tools can also be learned, but some are more talented at that than others. True geniuses i think are excellent at being creative, rather than mainstream, because there...
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    Fun Riddle: Solve the Clues to Discover the Mystery Object Ending in X

    man this is hard, and there arent many things that end in X, at first i thought its sex ...
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    VOTE Photo Contest - My Funny Valentine

    #2 for sure!
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    Calculus based physics differences algebra based physics

    To really udnerstand physics, i think you have to understand calculus, but calculs largley came from physics so they are intertwined. Just about all physics equations are dervied with some help from calculus. It allows for more realistic problems to be solved, but as far as high school physics...
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    Is the air in a room an ideal gas?

    it is an ideal gas because the weird forces of attraction and repulsion (Such as hydrogen bonding, diploe-dipole stuff) have very little effect at this temperature, pressure and volume. This is true because the molecules in this gas have enough distance in b/w them at this P,V,T. Density...
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    Creativity in Physics: Berkeley vs IIT

    What does it mean to be creative in Physics? Does it mean to just think outside the box? What does that mean in physics? For example, IIT physics students are better at solving physics question than Berkeley students, but many claim that Cal students are more creative, bcs. Berkeley students...
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