This is a rather interesting paper that is being submitted to the American Journal of Physics. It reveals a research done to study how students understand the...
Enter your vote today! A new poll has been created for the undernetphysics group: Who are you? o A practicing physicist o A non-physicist with a physics...
undernetphysics@yahoo...
Aug 2, 2002 7:13 pm
43
On the night of the 12th August, the three principal maxima of the Perseid meteor shower are predicted to occur. As the name suggests, the radiant (the point...
Hi, I was a physics major but I am not a practising physicist. I did a year of research (under the honors program). I got my degree but regret ending my formal...
Beginning this weekend (the weekend of Aug. 10 and 11), we will have a weekly puzzle quiz which I am calling the VEXERS. These will be puzzles of varying...
Ok, everyone! Here is our innaugural vexer! Remember, you only have ONE attempt at answering this vexer, so make it count. And make sure you send in your...
Although our first vexer was somewhere ruined by an inadvertent posting of an answer to the whole group, I would like to remind all of you that there's MORE...
One of my pet peeves with all the quackeries about perpetual motion and endless supply of energy is that most of the people claiming to have invented those...
Ok, it didn't go too well. Our first vexer was either too easy that almost everyone didn't feel that it was worth the effort, or the whole concept isn't as...
This week's vexer is again, another simple one. This is one of those "familar" questions that you come across often. Again, as a reminder, please read the...
Er.... people, this is a SIMPLE vexer, honest! The question is asking what happened to the water level before and after you dropped the cannonball, i.e. (1)...
Since there are many people who keep coming up with questions regarding Strings, Superstrings, etc. in our channel and somehow have the impression that they...
Don't forget. If you haven't taken our poll yet, please do so. It's fun, and it costs none. To take part in the poll, click on the Polls link in the menu on...
It appears that the Yahoo e-Groups have changed our menu slightly. Our "Bookmarks" section has been renamed as "Links". All the links within that section...
It was, to say the least, a very interesting week with regards to the vexer. I honestly thought this was a simple one (but then again, what do I know?). First...
After the last two vexer, I have no idea anymore if this is an easy or difficult one. So we shall see. As always, please make sure you have understood the...
As expected, there weren't many correct answer for this one. From the initial setup, one can already see that the problem is an elastic one, where all other...
This puzzle should be familiar to the regulars of our undernet physics channel since a similar one has been asked before. Again, please read the Vexer rules...
There is a series of article in the latest issue of Physics World regarding what people think as being the "most beautiful" experiment. Most seem to have...
Hey Zaps, Being a physicist in the field, what do YOU think is the most beautiful of experiments? As an undergraduate I haven't had the opportunity to truly...
... Humm... good question. I haven't actually haven't given much thought on my personal opinion on this matter (shock!). So off hand, I'd go along with the...
I have uploaded a link to Vic Stenger's preprint on this topic in our Links Section (Physics Papers and Preprints). This is a good overview on the nature of...
Another to a paper from the Proceeding of the National Academy of Science has been uploaded to our Links Section (Physics Papers and Preprint). This time it is...
Considering that a similar problem such as this was already discussed a while back in our IRC channel, I found it surprising that we didn't have more...
This week's vexer should be easy, but PAY ATTENTION to making sure you describe a CLEAR and unambiguous method, because again, you only have ONE attempt at...
I have uploaded a link to Eugene Wigner's very famous essay on the connection between Mathematics and Physics. This is one of those essays that have grown into...
Having problems with message search?
Fill out this form to ensure your group is one of the first to be migrated to the new message search system.
