Articles Tagged with physics

A simpler theory

Measuring complications

A simple idea can become a complicated thing to implement.

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What not to do

The project review

Sometimes abandoning an effort is a positive step.

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The courage of one’s calculations

Knowledge and its uses

Knowing how to do something, and doing it, are not the same thing.

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In the back of the book

The right answer

How did the answers in the answer key get there?

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Knobology

Not intuitive

Some arbitrary details can be very important.

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The prepared mind

Learning from an observation

What we see depends on what we’re looking for.

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Four elements, four humors

Before the revolution

We conclude that it can be useful to teach something that is actually wrong.

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Degrees of difficulty

Impossible, inevitable and in between

Some actions in science fiction are much more difficult than others.

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Mixing subjects

Crossing boundaries

We put forward an idea for a college class that will probably never happen.

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Rules, principles and recipes (II)

The scientific way

Scientific rules, like all rules, must be applied intelligently.

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