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My Other-Than-Science Reading (variable, very incomplete)

August 31, 2008

Sunday Function

Category: Sunday Function

We can't graph here, this is bat country!

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August 30, 2008

Real Science

Science. On TV it goes something like this:

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August 29, 2008

Sarah Palin and Parity Invariance

I really loathe politics, and have mostly tried to avoid writing about it. But finally something interesting has happened, and it's worth a brief comment. In physics we like to talk about symmetry. Conservation laws and symmetry are intimately related,...

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Greatest Physicists Nominations!

So, time for your suggestions! Let's have your top 10 physicists, or even just unordered suggestions for who should be on my list.

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August 28, 2008

Falling from Heaven

I doubt Milton had any of this in mind. Poetry is not built to be beaten over the head with a differential equation.

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August 27, 2008

Practicing Scales and Arpeggios, Physics Style

At risk of sounding like Barbie, math is hard.

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August 26, 2008

Relatively Energetic

You don't have to use Einstein's bright idea at low speeds, but if you do it won't hurt!

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August 25, 2008

Class Warfare

This is one of those times when being a non-anonymous blogger is a little inconvenient. Nonetheless, I think I can make things a little vague and change a few names and I'll be ok. As I mentioned a couple of...

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August 24, 2008

Sunday Function

Category: Sunday Function

If you're a regular reader of this site, you might remember a post about this fascinating specimen from the collection of unusual functions. I'm only showing it on the interval [-1,1] for reasons that will become apparent, but outside that...

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August 23, 2008

The Plot Thickens, and Radiates

Don't think I've forgotten about the falling electron question from a while back. Short version: an accelerating charge radiates. So if you let an electron fall in a gravitational field, it should radiate. But a person (or detector) falling along...

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