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List of freely available physics books

feb 25 at 22:44 ramanujan_dirac 1,303

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A list of inconveniences between quantum mechanics and relativity?

quantum-mechanics general-relativity special-relativity quantum-gravity

mar 11 '11 at 2:54 DarenW 2,243

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Why is the sky not purple?

electromagnetic-radiation visible-light sun atmosphere biology

may 24 '12 at 14:54 Philip Gibbs 2,592

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How fast a (relatively) small black hole will consume the Earth?

astrophysics black-holes estimation

jul 29 '11 at 14:20 AlanSE 7,354

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What grounds the difference between space and time?

spacetime time space

feb 12 at 4:51 pluf 1

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What symmetry causes the Runge-Lenz vector to be conserved?

classical-mechanics orbital-motion noethers-theorem runge-lenz-vector

apr 6 at 0:29 Tom SymplMech 17

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Einstein's postulates <==> Minkowski space. (In layman's terms)

special-relativity spacetime minkowski-space

aug 16 '11 at 6:34 Ron Maimon 44.9k

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Is quantum mechanics intrinsically dualistic?

quantum-mechanics quantum-interpretations duality

jun 11 '12 at 10:30 Niel de Beaudrap 1,958

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History of interpretation of Newton's first law

newtonian-mechanics history

jun 23 '12 at 22:58 Geremia 57

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Is there an intuitive explanation for why Lorentz force is perpendicular to a particle's velocity and the magnetic field?

electromagnetism intuition

mar 2 at 7:10 Kitchi 1,965

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Is period of rotation relative?

general-relativity gravity special-relativity time rotation

may 14 at 9:45 Leos Ondra 503

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Can Noether's theorem be understood intuitively?

symmetry conservation-laws lagrangian-formalism noethers-theorem intuition

nov 25 at 4:58 Claudius 1,684

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How does non-commutativity lead to uncertainty?

uncertainty-principle intuition observables

oct 7 at 1:35 Mark Eichenlaub 19.2k

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What objective criteria distinguish between valid science, fringe science and pseudoscience in physics?

soft-question

sep 7 at 10:44 Metaphysics lover 11

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The notion of an adiabatic process in thermodynamics -vs- quantum mechanics

quantum-mechanics thermodynamics terminology adiabatic

apr 28 at 18:09 Colin McFaul 1,552

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Using photons to explain electrostatic force

electrostatics quantum-electrodynamics intuition coulombs-law

mar 11 at 20:16 Dalker 284

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Did the Feynman heuristic of “simple effects have simple causes” fail for spin statistics?

quantum-field-theory particle-physics quantum-electrodynamics spin

mar 28 at 13:54 Jacques 11

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How is information defined from a thermodynamics point of view?

thermodynamics information

sep 3 '11 at 6:18 Ron Maimon 44.9k

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What are the properties of two bodies for their collision to be elastic?

classical-mechanics momentum

aug 1 '11 at 1:10 AlanSE 7,354

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Why do bass tones travel through walls?

waves acoustics

dec 12 '11 at 12:50 kartsa 1

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The necessity of the B field

electromagnetism special-relativity maxwell-equations

oct 4 at 6:24 Art Brown 1,692

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Does the force of kinetic friction increase with the relative speed of the objects involved? If not, why not?

friction

dec 31 '10 at 15:53 ja72 3,562

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Is relativity necessary for the existence of life?

general-relativity special-relativity universe biophysics

feb 2 '11 at 15:23 Roy Simpson 3,065

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Why are $\mu_0$ and $\epsilon_0$, which appear in electrostatics and magnetostatics, related to the speed of light which appears in electrodynamics?

electromagnetism electricity speed-of-light physical-constants

dec 16 '11 at 13:32 Misha 2,192

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returning to physics research?

soft-question physics-careers

nov 6 '11 at 22:45 Physiks lover 725

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How to think physically about basic “fields”

mathematical-physics thermodynamics

apr 24 '11 at 14:11 Peter Morgan 5,635

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significance of maxima and minima of time varying kinetic energy of a system

classical-mechanics mathematical-physics mechanics many-body

jun 18 '11 at 19:15 David Zaslavsky♦ 27.5k

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How to calculate the electric field and potential inside a dielectric surface placed into a homogenous field

electromagnetism electrostatics

nov 30 '11 at 17:47 Rebel 113

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Intuition behind the concept of heat

thermodynamics heat intuition

apr 12 '12 at 16:31 rdhs 448

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Euclidean Geometry in Classical Thought - Realization or Representation?

intuition

jun 20 '12 at 19:28 Ron Maimon 44.9k

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