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Long long ago I studied a lot of physics. I really had to rush through a lot of material. Now I like to take the time to think about the deeper questions which we skipped over.

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47 Can a wire having a $610$-$670$ THz (frequency of blue light) AC frequency supply, generate blue light? May 26
45 Can anything be seen from the center of the Boötes void? How dark would it be? Apr 17
40 Why does shooting a handgun accelerate a bullet to deadly speed without injuring the gun user's hand? Dec 29 '18
31 Why does the Schrödinger equation work so well for the hydrogen atom despite the relativistic boundary at the nucleus? Jun 1
26 Why is argon a noble gas but not, say, beryllium or palladium? Dec 31 '18
8 Does the “particle exchange” operator have any validity? Mar 2
8 Kepler's third law is unintuitive Feb 9
5 Where does the labelling of extrinsic semiconductors as “n” and “p” come from? Apr 28
5 Is space itself expanding or is it just momentum from the Big Bang carrying things apart? [duplicate] May 4
4 Why does the sun always have some whiteness? Dec 29 '18
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