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Matt Springer is a graduate student of physics at Texas A&M university. He is also an occasional writer and tinkerer, and he is probably too curious for his own good.
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December 31, 2008
When I was a kid my younger sister used to play basketball in a city league and my family would go watch. The game clock would reach the final seconds of each period and the kids in the stands would...
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December 30, 2008
Apropos of the calorie/Calorie discussion yesterday, here's something interesting to think about with regard to the energy used in exercise. The formula for gravitational potential energy is m*g*h, where m is mass, g is the acceleration due to gravity, and...
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December 29, 2008
Over this past semester I've discovered something unfortunate. If a person doesn't get much exercise, snacks when bored, and shops when hungry, that person will tend to gain weight. That person is of course me, and so I'm going to...
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December 28, 2008
Category: Sunday Function
Here's this week's Sunday Function. In the universe of functions it's an utterly typical suburban middle class citizen, with a pleasant but quite ordinary job in a downtown cubicle farm for Physics Incorporated. His name is . In a little...
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December 27, 2008
Great! So did I! Now the sky is a big place, and telescopes don't often come with an astronomer to explain how to use them. I'm not an astronomer either, but I've been an amateur stargazer on and off for...
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December 25, 2008
On this, my first 25th of December here on ScienceBlogs, I'd like to wish you and all your family and loved ones a happy, merry, and joyful Christmas. In honor of the occasion, my favorite Christmas song: O Holy Night...
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December 16, 2008
Category: Greatest Physicists
Greatest Physicists #1 - Isaac Newton The first and greatest physicist in my estimation is Isaac Newton, born in 1643. Lots of commenters absolutely correctly picked out Newton for the top spot, and had I picked anyone else (with the...
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December 15, 2008
Category: Greatest Physicists
Einstein. When a person's name and photograph are both literal synonyms for genius, it's a pretty good sign they're among the greatest of the greats
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December 14, 2008
Category: Sunday Function
The Exponential Function. I think this is the first time we've done it here. It won't be the last. You could write a book about it, and someone probably has. Here's the usual picture: This graph isn't as pretty as...
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December 13, 2008
I dislike the remake of The Day The Earth Stood Still, and I haven't even seen it. Not for the usual reasons - for instance, I think Keanu Reeves is a good actor when used in the right roles, and...
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