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An exploration of physics and the quest to understand our world.
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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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Recent Posts
- Leaked Climate Change Documents
- Seeing Laser Beams
- Al Gore and Geothermal
- Sunday Function
- The Physics of Gerrymandering
- Re: Nidal Hasan's Weapons
- Veterans Day (and the scientists who help them win)
- Sunday Function
- Being an Absentee President
- Cars and Crashing
Recent Comments
- True Religion jeans on Seeing Laser Beams
- supra shoes on Seeing Laser Beams
- jordan 6 rings on The Moon is a Not-So-Harsh Mistress
- True Religion jeans on The Moon is a Not-So-Harsh Mistress
- Eric Lund on Leaked Climate Change Documents
- ppnl on Leaked Climate Change Documents
- CCPhysicist on Leaked Climate Change Documents
- Chris on Al Gore and Geothermal
- smith on Leaked Climate Change Documents
- replica rolex on Seeing Laser Beams
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Physics/Math Blogs
- Cocktail Party Physics
- Cosmic Variance
- Mass
- Physicality of Words
- Swans on Tea
- The Mind of Dr. Pion
- Uncertain Principles
- Shores of the Dirac Sea
- Arcsecond
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