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Is there a symmetry associated to the conservation of information?

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Why is the partition function called ''partition function''?

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What does the dual of a tensor mean (e.g. dual stress tensor in relativistic ED)?

answered Sep 16, 2012 at 21:34

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Why does your reflection stay the same size when you move further away from the mirror?

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Why time difference is permanent and mass increase is temporary?

answered Aug 27, 2013 at 17:01

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Geometric interpretation of Electromagnetism

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How to argue that time travel to past would not be possible even in future?

answered Sep 22, 2013 at 17:17

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Why doesn't magnetic monopole found in spin ice modify the Maxwell's Equations?

answered Sep 14, 2012 at 4:45

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Is the firewall paradox really a paradox?

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Maxwell's equations in curved spacetime

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Does the reaction force appear without delay?

answered Aug 25, 2013 at 21:14

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Common false beliefs in Physics

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The vacuum light speed: Is it really constant, i.e., independent of location in space-time?

answered Sep 6, 2012 at 9:57

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What is quantum decoherence?

answered Sep 17, 2012 at 7:38

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What is the universe expanding into?

answered Sep 17, 2013 at 10:11

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In relativity, can/should every measurement be reduced to measuring a scalar?

answered Sep 24, 2013 at 7:54

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Is the electromagnetic spectrum discrete?

answered Aug 12, 2013 at 17:33

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Is a 1D vector also a scalar?

answered Sep 3, 2012 at 20:23

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What's the difference between running up a hill and running up an inclined treadmill?

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Why would a particle in an extra dimension appear not as one particle, but a set of particles?

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How does electron know when to change into a wave?

answered Aug 26, 2013 at 14:57

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Two important misconceptions in Quantum Mechanics

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What are the fundamental problems of being in a world with only 2 spatial dimensions?

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What prevents this magnetic perpetuum mobile from working?

answered Aug 28, 2013 at 13:44

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Curvature of spacetime: pincushion distortion?

answered Sep 6, 2013 at 22:01

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Negatve mass inside a black hole

answered Sep 17, 2012 at 22:08

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Observation of violation of the uncertainty principle?

answered Sep 12, 2012 at 8:55

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What are the justifying foundations of statistical mechanics without appealing to the ergodic hypothesis?

answered Feb 14, 2012 at 5:24

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Constructing a Hamiltonian (as a polynomial of $q_i$ and $p_i$) from its spectrum

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Increased mass from signals traveling close to the speed of light

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Is there a symmetry associated to the conservation of information?

Why is the partition function called ''partition function''?

What does the dual of a tensor mean (e.g. dual stress tensor in relativistic ED)?

Why does your reflection stay the same size when you move further away from the mirror?

Why time difference is permanent and mass increase is temporary?

Geometric interpretation of Electromagnetism

How to argue that time travel to past would not be possible even in future?

Why doesn't magnetic monopole found in spin ice modify the Maxwell's Equations?

Is the firewall paradox really a paradox?

Maxwell's equations in curved spacetime

Does the reaction force appear without delay?

Common false beliefs in Physics

The vacuum light speed: Is it really constant, i.e., independent of location in space-time?

What is quantum decoherence?

What is the universe expanding into?

In relativity, can/should every measurement be reduced to measuring a scalar?

Is the electromagnetic spectrum discrete?

Is a 1D vector also a scalar?

What's the difference between running up a hill and running up an inclined treadmill?

Why would a particle in an extra dimension appear not as one particle, but a set of particles?

How does electron know when to change into a wave?

Two important misconceptions in Quantum Mechanics

What are the fundamental problems of being in a world with only 2 spatial dimensions?

What prevents this magnetic perpetuum mobile from working?

Curvature of spacetime: pincushion distortion?

Negatve mass inside a black hole

Observation of violation of the uncertainty principle?

What are the justifying foundations of statistical mechanics without appealing to the ergodic hypothesis?

Constructing a Hamiltonian (as a polynomial of $q_i$ and $p_i$) from its spectrum

Increased mass from signals traveling close to the speed of light