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Cooling a cup of coffee with help of a spoon

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How does gravity escape a black hole?

general-relativity gravity black-holes speed-of-light

may 13 at 14:19 shawnhcorey 111

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Book recommendations [closed]

books faq

may 3 at 3:08 David Zaslavsky♦ 28.2k

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What really allows airplanes to fly?

fluid-dynamics aerodynamics aircraft lift

jun 17 '12 at 19:17 Rory O'Kane 103

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What experiment would disprove string theory?

string-theory experimental-physics

jun 10 at 18:52 Dilaton 2,809

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Common false beliefs in Physics [closed]

soft-question

sep 1 at 4:19 James Cooper 36

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How can I stand on the ground? EM or/and Pauli?

electromagnetism gravity pauli-exclusion-principle

jan 31 at 23:43 Marty Green 862

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The Role of Rigor

mathematical-physics mathematics research-level

dec 11 at 15:10 Qmechanic♦ 18k

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Why do people categorically dismiss some simple quantum models?

quantum-mechanics models determinism

sep 15 at 19:20 G. 't Hooft 1,764

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Why do we have an elementary charge but no elementary mass?

mass charge

apr 12 at 6:43 Paul 170

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Why does the atmosphere rotate along with the earth?

newtonian-mechanics fluid-dynamics atmosphere relative-motion

mar 15 at 20:53 Qmechanic♦ 18k

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What Is Energy? Where did it come from?

energy

mar 29 '12 at 22:37 Terry Bollinger 5,544

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Dimensionless Constants in Physics

physical-constants

dec 10 at 12:36 Eduardo Guerras Valera 1,869

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Physical interpretation of different selfadjoint extensions

quantum-mechanics mathematical-physics operators hilbert-space

jan 3 at 13:36 Qmechanic♦ 18k

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What is needed to claim the discovery of the Higgs boson?

particle-physics experimental-physics standard-model high-energy-physics higgs-boson

apr 12 '11 at 20:29 Sklivvz♦ 5,607

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Home experiments to derive the speed of light?

electromagnetism measurement experimental-physics speed-of-light home-experiment

jul 23 '11 at 17:58 whoplisp 731

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Why is cold fusion considered bogus?

experimental-physics experimental-evidence cold-fusion

2d ago Helder Velez 1,498

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What is a field, really?

education field-theory

jun 16 at 23:10 Community♦ 1

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Best books for mathematical background?

mathematical-physics books education mathematics big-list

feb 14 at 19:19 Qmechanic♦ 18k

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Trace of a commutator is zero - but what about the commutator of $x$ and $p$?

quantum-mechanics mathematical-physics commutator

jan 25 at 13:38 Filippo Fratini 6

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Why quantum entanglement is considered to be active link between particles?

quantum-mechanics quantum-information entanglement causality locality

apr 23 at 16:10 Bryan Sanctuary 3

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Is there something similar to Noether's theorem for discrete symmetries?

mathematical-physics symmetry group-theory noethers-theorem discrete

may 15 at 17:36 Qmechanic♦ 18k

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Graduate Physics Problems Books

soft-question education books reference-request big-list

apr 13 at 2:25 soliton 327

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If photons have no mass, how can they have momentum?

energy electromagnetic-radiation photons mass momentum

jun 15 at 17:52 Rick DeLano 21

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Examples of number theory showing up in physics

mathematical-physics mathematics quantum-computation

aug 25 at 10:24 Qmechanic♦ 18k

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How to write a paper in physics

soft-question research-level

may 31 at 9:37 Imraan Parvez 1

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What is the usefulness of the Wigner-Eckart theorem?

quantum-mechanics symmetry group-theory

mar 16 at 20:17 Qmechanic♦ 18k

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Why do we need 12 atoms to store 1 bit of data?

electromagnetism spin atoms

feb 2 '12 at 18:40 dmckee♦ 22.4k

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Post-doc advice for a low publication grad student

soft-question physics-careers

jan 4 at 13:59 Dilaton 2,809

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Do photons gain mass when they travel through glass?

special-relativity energy condensed-matter photons mass

mar 4 at 20:18 akay47 11

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