joshphysics

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I'm a physics graduate student at UCLA studying high energy theory. Check out my (new) website and blog at

joshphysics.com

I'm totally open to suggestions of interesting physics topics on which to write pedagogical blog entries. I'm passionate about making high quality physics content available to everyone. I'm also passionate about collaborative learning.

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321 Answers

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39	Why do tuning forks have two prongs?
25	Quantum Entanglement - What's the big deal?
14	Meaning of inner product $\langle \vec{r} \| \psi(t)\rangle $
13	How to tackle 'dot' product for spin matrices
12	Is acceleration an average?

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+55	QFT in curvilinear coordinates
+65	What is the deal with heat capacity?
+10	What is Convective acceleration of flow velocity?
+10	Confusion with derivation of fictitious forces

12 Questions

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11	Why are wires in simple circuits approximated as equipotentials?
9	In what sense is a scalar field observable in QFT?
7	Does local physics depend on global topology?
6	Coulomb gauge fixing and “normalizability”
6	Regulator-scheme-independence in QFT

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224 quantum-mechanics × 68	48 electrostatics × 24
111 homework × 60	47 special-relativity × 22
66 general-relativity × 23	44 quantum-field-theory × 21
65 newtonian-mechanics × 33	39 resonance
61 forces × 17	39 vibration

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