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Freshman undergraduate Physics major at UCLA. I have a blog at http://eraserboxtips.blogspot.com/


Jun
17
comment Why do whips hurt so much?
paint not proportional to energy.
Jun
17
comment Chemical Equilibrium - Why does changing the temperature shift the equilibrium?
khanacademy.org/science/chemistry/reaction-rates/v/… All the intuition you need
Jun
14
comment Group theory notation used in physics (AdS/CFT)
slac.stanford.edu/econf/C0906083/pdf/10.pdf
Jun
3
revised Is my physics correct or torque correct?
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Jun
3
answered Is my physics correct or torque correct?
May
26
comment Quantum mechanics and everyday nature
Fire and stars have different colors at different temperatures. This is explained by the quantum mechanical explanation of blackbody radiation.
May
22
comment How long would it take for a container in vacuum to leak half of its air?
geoffreylandis.com/higgins.html
May
16
comment Does inertia increase with speed?
I didn't consider special relativity in my answer.
May
15
answered Does inertia increase with speed?
May
5
comment Air pressure relative to a force on a bag?
@RobB I edited my answer to add that information. See physics.stackexchange.com/posts/63304/revisions for side-by-side comparison of the edit.
May
5
revised Air pressure relative to a force on a bag?
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May
4
revised Air pressure relative to a force on a bag?
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May
4
answered Air pressure relative to a force on a bag?
May
4
revised Why is visible light used in Optical fibers (instead of other EM waves)?
edited title
Apr
29
accepted Does the curvature of space-time cause objects to look smaller than they really are?
Mar
31
comment What determines bubble locations in boiling water?
Just a comment, this seems abstractly related to formation of structures in the universe, which is caused by lack of symmetry. So if the water, pressure, heat transfer etc. had perfect symmetry, the entire water should just become a bubble at the same time.
Mar
28
comment Why a day is divided by 12/24 hours? Why the number 12?
@DavidHammett you should cite sources
Mar
28
comment How long can you survive 1 million degrees?
Another similar phenomena occurs in out own atmosphere! "The highly diluted gas in this layer can reach 2,500 °C (4,530 °F) during the day. Even though the temperature is so high, one would not feel warm in the thermosphere, because it is so near vacuum that there is not enough contact with the few atoms of gas to transfer much heat."-en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thermosphere
Mar
28
comment How long can you survive 1 million degrees?
depends on your conductivity, heat capacity and resilience of your body
Mar
28
comment Are there any existing technologies which use 2D images to extract 3D data?
Thanks, you're right. Also, I think that my question is pointless, simply because commercial technologies would always want to be better and more optimal, so it doesn't make sense for them to actually use 2D images to extract 3D data in the sense that I was curious about. It makes more sense for them to use more advanced technologies (e.g. laser scanning) instead of using extremely non-optimal technologies (e.g. digital cameras) to get data.