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Nerds! Do you know a good conceptual approach to the spin-statistics theorem? I'D LIKE TO HEAR IT!
7:57 AM May 25th
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They should put a Godzuki-type character on the new Community.
4:43 PM May 24th
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For my money, if you're talking about astronauts, you can never make too many Tang jokes.
5:28 PM May 19th
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Dan Harmon issues Tumblr response to removal as showrunner; other writers confirm exit from show.
6:00 AM May 19th
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Dammit, Word! Sometimes (rarely) the passive voice is what I want to use. Don't mock me with your jagged green line of judgement!
10:47 AM May 18th
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@ Got to be more specific. What hit what, and when?
10:34 AM May 18th
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Nerds! Can you give me an example from sci-fi of two spaceships in a head-on collision?
10:10 AM May 18th
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I'm not saying this isn't cool, but I am saying that it seems kind of reminiscent of Futurama from last year.
5:26 PM May 17th
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Cool! A really nice 5-star review of the "User's Guide," "Awesome Book!," it says, also, "not just aimed at kids."
6:19 AM May 17th
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THREE new episodes of tonight! Maybe I should ration them. Who knows when they will come again.
5:02 AM May 17th
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For reals, yo.
3:20 AM May 17th
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Starting chapter 8: Spin. What do YOU want to/think everyone should know? I've got Stern-Gerlach covered, already.
3:10 AM May 17th
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Thinking about spaghettification:
8:12 AM May 16th
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ARE YOU EVEN AWARE OF IT? There is a full hour and a half of new this week!
10:02 AM May 14th
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Authors: When in bookstores and libraries, do you succumb to the lure of looking for your own book? Of course you do.
5:13 PM May 12th
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@ You're welcome to it. But even so, I'll bet your aether still preserves Lorentz invariance.
10:37 AM May 12th
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in reply to dookama
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@ It's a basic prediction of GR, but especially good evidence in the Taylor-Hulse pulsar. Speed-up from gravitational radiation.
10:33 AM May 12th
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@ I think I'll take my chances with GR being correct.
10:26 AM May 12th
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in reply to dookama
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Thanks to all for renewing my faith in public physics knowledge. Gravity does, indeed, travel at c. 2.2 million ly takes 2.2 million yrs.
10:13 AM May 12th
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Quick quiz: If Galactus, Destroyer of Worlds, devours M31 (d=2.2 Million light-years), when would we feel the _gravitational_ effects?
7:18 AM May 12th
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- Name Dave Goldberg
- Location Philadelphia
- Web http://www.usersg...
- Bio Dave Goldberg is the author of A User's Guide to the Universe, and io9's Ask a Physicist column
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