Chris White

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I am a graduate student studying astrophysics at Princeton. I received my bachelor's in physics and mathematics from Caltech (2011).


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Is it possible that there is a color our human eye can't see?
jan 3 at 13:15
30
Why do tuning forks have two prongs?
jan 22 at 2:44
18
Do photons lose energy while travelling through space? Or why are planets closer to the sun warmer?
jan 3 at 3:02
17
Does a guitar sound different in zero (or micro) gravity?
may 13 at 4:06
13
Why doesn't a bus blow due to internal pressure?
may 15 at 5:36
13
What are these rays that appear in photograph of sun?
sep 8 at 19:11
12
What has $E = mc^2$ to do with nuclear powerplants?
may 29 at 7:21
12
Why is there this asymmetry between the two foci of an orbital ellipse?
aug 30 at 17:35
10
Is it possible to take a picture of a star?
jun 11 at 17:15
10
Plotting $\psi$ for finite square well potential
apr 1 at 22:07
10
Does light change color on its way through a window?
jan 25 at 8:26
10
Would travelling at relativistic speeds have any impact on human biology?
jan 7 at 2:37
9
Relativity of Simultaneity
apr 4 at 5:15
9
Do spheres exist in nature?
jan 11 at 22:54
9
Is it possible to have faster-than-light movement in General Relativity?
sep 15 at 16:46
8
Why does it take so long to make a nuclear bomb?
2d ago
8
How does moving charges produce magnetic field?
may 21 at 19:31
8
Does an empty refrigerator require more power to stay cold than a full one?
apr 17 at 20:03
8
How does a star ignite?
apr 14 at 21:06
8
What's the significance of large-scale anomalies in CMB
mar 28 at 22:34
8
Is the cosmic horizon related to the Big Bang event?
oct 17 at 23:13
7
Optical depth in astrophysics
may 16 at 19:12
7
Why the K shell only contains 2 electrons?
apr 19 at 21:59
7
Quantum Mechanics Notation for BRA KET
mar 19 at 0:29
7
Difference between theoretical physics and mathematical physics?
mar 8 at 20:41
7
If you had two “perfectly” flat surfaces of the same material?
mar 4 at 20:51
7
Can one raise indices on covariant derivative and products thereof?
jan 22 at 21:30
7
How can a black hole produce sound?
jan 8 at 14:04
7
Is 2.5x speed of light possible between two objects?
nov 16 at 23:26
7
Meaning of the direction of the cross product
nov 12 at 5:24
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