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Can thought experiments qualify as actual research?
I wondered whether thought experiments actually can be substituted for actual experimentation. I understand that in some cases it might be necessary, but can it be unnecessary over thinking sometimes? ...
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Does the method of an experiment always have to be numbered? [closed]
When writing a method for an experiment, does it always have to be set out in orderly numbered steps? Can it not also be a paragraph of text that outlines the method?
A mundane example:
Place a ...
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Are the sound waves from fundamental strings impossible to interact with?
Edited the question thanks to some helpful commenters.
Are the sound waves emitted by fundamental strings so small as to be impossible to interact with the world? In other words, do they disappear, ...
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Simple physics experiments to do on your own [closed]
I have a lot of free time on my hands since it is vacation, and I want to spend the time doing some interesting and simple physics experiment, for which you do not need a lot. For example, I recently ...
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Computational Science involve programming? [closed]
I read what is computational science in Wikipedia but the explanation and understanding are not very clear.
So, I could you please give a simple example computational science project and what all ...
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Regarding string theory: how to refute the argument “if it cannot be tested experimentally then it is not science”? [duplicate]
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What differs string theory from philosophy or religion?
I find a lot of people disbelieve in string theory, saying that since it cannot be tested experimentally then it ...
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What is meant by “Nothing” in Physics/Quantum Mechanics(QM)?
I am not a phycisist, so please forgive my ignorance. This is related to my posts and this.
I am trying to undertand what is meant by the term "Nothing" in physics or Quantum Mechanics since it seems ...
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Negative and positive energy and Hawking [closed]
I don't have any physics background (except the material we did in high school-long time ago).
I was watching a documentary with Stephen Hawking about whether God created the Universe and I could not ...
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What are the most seminal Soviet papers in experimental physics? [closed]
Soviet physicists have made well-known contributions to many areas of theoretical physics, but I've heard much less about their experimental work. What are the most seminal experimental papers that ...
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How to communicate institutional knowledge in a big physics collaboration?
I am a graduate student in a large experimental physics collaboration. Newcomers to the collaboration invariably complain about excessive use of jargon and insufficient documentation as barriers to ...
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Example of a time varying function which can be easily measured
My sister is in 10th grade. She doesn't seem to understand the concept of time varying functions (current, light, sound wave forms etc). I explained her in easiest possible terms. She got it but not ...
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Great unsolved physics problems [closed]
We all know that some theoretical ideas lack experimental evidence while in other cases there's a lack of a suitable theory for known phenomena and established facts and concepts.
But what problem in ...
