Ben Crowell

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I teach physics at Fullerton College, a community college in Southern California. I have an undergrad degree in math and physics from Berkeley and a PhD in physics from Yale. Back when I was doing research, my field was experimental low-energy nuclear physics.

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179 Answers

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24	If photons have no mass, how can they have momentum?
22	Is it 11% hotter today than it was yesterday?
13	The Pioneer anomaly finally explained?
11	Does entanglement not immediately contradict the theory of special relativity?
11	Classical results proved using quantum mechanics

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+10	Can a single molecule have a temperature?
+5	Decay of massless particles
+10	Is it 11% hotter today than it was yesterday?
+10	Why does sound move faster in solids?

18 Questions

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23	Overcharging a black hole
19	Is gecko-like friction Coulombic? What is the highest known Coulombic $\mu_s$ for any combination of surfaces?
14	History of interpretation of Newton's first law
14	a priori validity of $W=\int Fdx$ in relativity?
13	Best current bounds on nonconservation of momentum?

193 Tags

103 general-relativity × 39	43 energy × 7
69 special-relativity × 26	38 electromagnetic-radiation × 7
52 quantum-mechanics × 19	37 gravity × 11
50 mass × 9	36 photons × 3
49 cosmology × 14	31 newtonian-mechanics × 15

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