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A mirror flips left and right, but not up and down

sep 4 at 21:14 Anixx 2,143

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List of freely available physics books

education books reference-request big-list

feb 25 at 22:44 ramanujan_dirac 1,293

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Book recommendations

books faq

may 3 at 3:08 David Zaslavsky♦ 27.4k

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What software programs are used to draw physics diagrams, and what are their relative merits?

software

nov 27 at 12:41 Anastasia Krylova 1

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Why does a window become a mirror at night?

optics visible-light reflection

feb 20 at 15:22 Alon Gubkin 273

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Why is the Earth so fat?

rotational-dynamics geophysics newtonian-gravity centrifugal-force equilibrium

sep 6 at 0:56 Art Brown 1,682

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Dimensionless Constants in Physics

physical-constants

dec 10 at 12:36 Eduardo Guerras Valera 1,722

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Books that every physicist should read

soft-question books reference-request big-list

jan 3 at 8:41 AchiralSarkar 35

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Your favorite Physics/Astrophysics blogs?

soft-question big-list

feb 16 at 18:28 Raindrop 358

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Graduate Physics Problems Books

soft-question education books reference-request big-list

apr 13 at 2:25 soliton 300

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Can Maxwell's equations be derived from Coulomb's Law and Special Relativity?

special-relativity electricity electrodynamics electromagnetism

jun 15 '12 at 21:14 PhysiXxx 305

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What is the usefulness of the Wigner-Eckart theorem?

quantum-mechanics symmetry group-theory

mar 16 at 20:17 Qmechanic♦ 17.4k

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Lie theory, Representations and particle physics

particle-physics group-theory representation-theory

mar 9 at 16:47 Leviatan 1

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Do Maxwell's Equations overdetermine the electric and magnetic fields?

electromagnetism classical-electrodynamics maxwell-equations

jul 17 at 20:52 Shaktyai 1,335

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Does Heisenberg's uncertainty under time evolution always grow?

quantum-mechanics uncertainty-principle

apr 3 '11 at 6:18 user2898 158

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Is there an intuitive reason the brachistochrone and the tautochrone are the same curve?

newtonian-mechanics brachistochrone-problem

nov 27 '11 at 22:49 Mark Eichenlaub 19.2k

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Why are only derivatives to the first order relevant?

classical-mechanics

dec 27 at 11:17 Sklivvz♦ 5,504

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Comprehensive book on group theory for physicists?

soft-question books reference-request group-theory

jun 8 '12 at 17:43 DJBunk 1,761

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Why do earphone pieces repel each other when music is on?

electromagnetism

aug 15 '11 at 18:32 endolith 1,363

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How should a physics student study mathematics?

soft-question mathematics education

jan 14 '12 at 20:52 joseph f. johnson 1,928

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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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Why does calculus of variations work?

mathematical-physics lagrangian-formalism variational-principle

jun 8 '11 at 15:12 Georg 4,574

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Particle physics plots

particle-physics

mar 27 '12 at 8:58 anna v 25.9k

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Maximum theoretical data density

quantum-mechanics information

sep 7 at 12:55 david mcgowan 11

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What is the difference between Newtonian and Lagrangian mechanics in a nutshell?

mechanics newtonian-mechanics lagrangian-formalism

mar 18 at 6:07 tahir ali 1

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What exactly is meant by the “Gaussianity” of CMBR?

cosmology cmb

dec 20 at 9:14 Qmechanic♦ 17.4k

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What's wrong with this derivation that $i\hbar = 0$?

quantum-mechanics

sep 11 at 19:57 David Zaslavsky♦ 27.4k

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Good introductory text for matrix string theory

string-theory books

jan 27 at 7:49 David Zaslavsky♦ 27.4k

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How can there be net linear momentum in a static electromagnetic field (not propagating)?

electromagnetism momentum conservation-laws

nov 2 at 17:29 Qmechanic♦ 17.4k

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Crash course on algebraic geometry with view to applications in physics

mathematical-physics mathematics books

may 31 '12 at 1:38 Craig Thone 409

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