As promised, this is the first in (hopefully) a series of articles from individuals within the field of physics. The main emphasis is on the area of physics...
The Bells of St. Mary’s Vic Stenger Chapter 1 of Has Science Found God? soo to be published by Prometheus Books Man is an imperceptible atom always trying to...
Some people start their physics careers very focused and goal-oriented. Some don't. I was definitely in the latter category. When I was applying for ...
Strangely enough, both your and my experience with regards to knowing (or not knowing) exactly what we want to do when we enter graduate school seem to be the...
There is a very fascinating article on the e-print server by Frank Wilczek of MIT on this topic. It is also a very entertaining read. So check it out! ...
OK, the holiday mood must have set in, because I thought this was an easy one. In the last vexer, I asked: When you are ice skating, why do your skates slide...
Since we had quite a few participating in our 9-marbles vexer a few weeks ago, I decided to present a similar one, which is a rather trickly variation to that...
My experience getting a PhD is a bit different from either ZZ's or Tom's. I suspect that its greatest value to undergrads will be in the "what not to do"...
Hey Scott! Thanks for the wonderful essay on your journey. I think that more than just an issue of pursuing physics, your description puts in perspective the...
It comes as no surprise that many members had difficulties with this one. It wasn't easy. If you recall, last week's vexer was: You have 6 identical-sized...
Since it is the holiday time of the year, I thought I'd find a vexer that ties in to the occasion. This should be an easier one than last week's. Halloween =...
The two top stories of physics this past year according to the AIP Physics News Update was (i) the accounting of the solar neutrinos, which has been a major...
Continuing the listing from APS News of the 10 most cited papers in Phys. Rev. Lett., this month's issue reveals the 9th most cited paper in that journal: ...
... T.A. ... Hilarious! In the senior lab course here at my university, one of the labs is a crystal growth lab, and we were looking at that exact paper not a...
Talking to any physicist about the skills you will need going through a university undergraduate (and even graduate) degree in physics always results in the...
Hope everyone is enjoying the holiday season. It may explain why we didn't get that many attempts at this easy vexer. Last time, I asked the following: ...
This week's vexer requires a little big of "sophistication", but the answer actually is rather straightforward in the sense that even 1st year students would...
... Hey there it's me Boltzy/Osci Yeah Tom is one of the great ones. But you would never get that feeling if you met him. I think that he is one of the most...
Hey there Oscy'meister! Thanks for the wonderful anecdote. There are many important and prominent physicists that do not get their dues in terms of being ...
Hey, I hope everyone survived the festivities of the new year. I would like to take this opportunity to thank everyone who has participated in our Group, and...
As I have just finished the graduate school application process, I will focus on this aspect of my physics experience. First a quick summary of my experience...
Hey spurny! Thanks for the very informative essay on the trials and tribulations of applying to graduate schools. And to think that this is just the beginning...
Ok... we had a few members submitting answers that are in the right ballpark for our last week's vexer. If you recall, I asked the following: One of the more...
OK, this one is DEFINITELY an easy one. So send in your answer, especially if you've been shy in playing our vexer before this. On a very hot, steamy day, a...
Periodically, we have "creatively misguided" people coming into our IRC channel claming so-and-so theory is wrong, or invalid, etc. More often than not, these...
Nobel Laureate G. 't Hooft has made an interesting proposal that QM can in fact be extended to the Planck length scale and become "deterministic". You may read...
OK, since I was the one who proposed the group project of collecting all the various evidence, I thought I should start it. The focus in this post is the speed...
Hold your horses! In an earlier posting, I reported the experimental observation reported this week at the American Astronomical Society conference regarding...
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