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1. How to become a good theoretical physicist? (score: 223)
Author: John Denker <jsd@av8n.com>
Date: Thu, 12 Jun 2014 09:25:54 -0700
Before we go too far down this road, let me offer an observation and a hypothesis: For starters, note that there are verrry few theoretical chemists. With rare exceptions (e.g. Roald Hoffmann), chemi
/archives/2014/6_2014/msg00030.html (12,695 bytes)

2. How to become a good theoretical physicist? (score: 212)
Author: Savinainen Antti <antti.savinainen@kuopio.fi>
Date: Fri, 13 Jun 2014 06:14:33 +0000
Hi, John D. wrote: "We should consider the hypothesis that the world would be better off if schools made less of a distinction between theoretical physics, experimental physics, applied physics, et c
/archives/2014/6_2014/msg00032.html (5,457 bytes)

3. How to become a good theoretical physicist? (score: 201)
Author: Savinainen Antti <antti.savinainen@kuopio.fi>
Date: Thu, 12 Jun 2014 07:59:43 +0000
Hello, I don't know how to become a good theoretical physicist but there are people who do. One of the most prominent might be a Nobel prize winner Gerard 't Hooft who has put together a website for
/archives/2014/6_2014/msg00027.html (4,981 bytes)

4. How to become a good theoretical physicist? (score: 196)
Author: Bernard Cleyet <bernard@cleyet.org>
Date: Thu, 12 Jun 2014 12:46:36 -0700
On 2014, Jun 12, , at 09:25, John Denker <jsd@av8n.com> wrote: For starters, note that there are verrry few theoretical chemists. With rare exceptions (e.g. Roald Hoffmann), chemists are expected to
/archives/2014/6_2014/msg00031.html (5,220 bytes)

5. How to become a good theoretical physicist? (score: 184)
Author: Savinainen Antti <antti.savinainen@kuopio.fi>
Date: Thu, 12 Jun 2014 08:47:20 +0000
Hi again, I forgot to provide the website: <http://www.staff.science.uu.nl/~Gadda001/goodtheorist/index.html> Sorry! Antti -- ** Viesti on tarkastettu roskapostinsuodatus- ja virustorjuntaohjelmistol
/archives/2014/6_2014/msg00028.html (4,312 bytes)

6. How to become a good theoretical physicist? (score: 184)
Author: Bernard Cleyet <bernard@cleyet.org>
Date: Fri, 13 Jun 2014 23:09:12 -0700
On 2014, Jun 12, , at 23:14, Savinainen Antti <antti.savinainen@kuopio.fi> wrote: Some years ago, I had a privilege to meet a retired physics professor who had followed Fermi's lectures as a student.
/archives/2014/6_2014/msg00033.html (4,399 bytes)

7. Physicist Steven Weinberg's Essay "AGAINST PHILOSOPHY'" (score: 127)
Author: CalvinKalman <Calvin.Kalman@Concordia.ca>
Date: Thu, 23 Feb 2012 09:59:03 -0500
Sorry : Richard wrote [[did Kalman mean: (a) between the human sciences (psychology, social sciences, and education) using the Harvard serial comma as advised by the American Institute of Physics Sty
/archives/2012/2_2012/msg00283.html (15,619 bytes)

8. Physicist Steven Weinberg's Essay "AGAINST PHILOSOPHY'" (score: 125)
Author: Richard Hake <rrhake@earthlink.net>
Date: Tue, 21 Feb 2012 17:12:27 -0800
If you reply to this long (12 kB) post please don't hit the reply button unless you prune the copy of this post that may appear in your reply down to a few relevant lines, otherwise the entire alread
/archives/2012/2_2012/msg00272.html (16,041 bytes)

9. reflection scaling law --> theoretical physics exercise (score: 122)
Author: frank cange <cangefrank@hotmail.com>
Date: Fri, 11 Apr 2014 12:33:09 -0500
Dear Colleagues: I am looking for a CD of Physics Quizzes that the late Ted Vittitoe made up several years ago. They are no longer available from Ted and I wanted to know if anyone had the CD and was
/archives/2014/4_2014/msg00107.html (10,793 bytes)

10. reflection scaling law --> theoretical physics exercise (score: 122)
Author: "Anthony Lapinski" <Anthony_Lapinski@pds.org>
Date: Fri, 11 Apr 2014 15:19:06 -0400
Never heard of this before. I'm curious. What's on it? MC questions? Phys-L@Phys-L.org writes: Dear Colleagues: I am looking for a CD of Physics Quizzes that the late Ted Vittitoe made up several yea
/archives/2014/4_2014/msg00111.html (11,130 bytes)

11. reflection scaling law --> theoretical physics exercise (score: 116)
Author: John Denker <jsd@av8n.com>
Date: Fri, 11 Apr 2014 09:42:21 -0700
Executive summary: Suppose there is a small index step, such that n = n1/n2 = 1 + for some small . It turns out that the amount of reflection scales like squared. For any angle you choose, the amount
/archives/2014/4_2014/msg00106.html (9,473 bytes)

12. Physicist Steven Weinberg's Essay "AGAINST PHILOSOPHY" (was "References for Hermeneutics of Physics") (score: 115)
Author: CalvinKalman <Calvin.Kalman@Concordia.ca>
Date: Tue, 21 Feb 2012 09:40:48 -0500
I am afraid that Richard Hake has no idea about hermeneutics. Although the subject originated in bible study, it has come a long way since then. The modern theory of hermeneutics developed by Gadamer
/archives/2012/2_2012/msg00265.html (12,175 bytes)

13. Time-travel physicist (score: 98)
Author: "Rauber, Joel" <Joel.Rauber@SDSTATE.EDU>
Date: Wed, 30 Jan 2008 17:03:35 -0600
No, I'm not familiar with the speaker or what he does. However, there are interesting aspects of time travel that can be developed in General Relativity. An accessible book is "Black Holes and Time W
/archives/2008/1_2008/msg00395.html (6,612 bytes)

14. Time-travel physicist (score: 98)
Author: "LaMontagne, Bob" <RLAMONT@providence.edu>
Date: Wed, 30 Jan 2008 19:47:09 -0500
I saw his presentation on time travel this coming September. Bob at PC ________________________________ From: phys-l-bounces@carnot.physics.buffalo.edu on behalf of Frederick Lemmerhirt Sent: Wed 1/3
/archives/2008/1_2008/msg00397.html (5,562 bytes)

15. Post-empirical Physics and the aging physicist (score: 98)
Author: Leigh Palmer <palmer@SFU.CA>
Date: Sat, 14 Aug 2004 16:20:33 -0700
David Bowman's problem must by now have led some to learn, as I did only last semester, of a beautiful theorem in spherical geometry. This gem came as a byproduct of taking my first GR course out of
/archives/2004/08_2004/msg00065.html (6,376 bytes)

16. Post-empirical Physics and the aging physicist (score: 98)
Author: Ludwik Kowalski <kowalskil@MAIL.MONTCLAIR.EDU>
Date: Sat, 14 Aug 2004 19:45:24 -0400
Hi Leigh: You are certainly not the only one to be aware of growing limitations. Physicists are trained to recognize reality, good or bad. One advantage is that we can blame things on old age. Ludwik
/archives/2004/08_2004/msg00066.html (6,953 bytes)

17. bio/geo/math/chemical-physicist (score: 98)
Author: Sue Ramlo <R1SER@VM1.CC.UAKRON.EDU>
Date: Wed, 25 Sep 96 12:52:03 EDT
I'd suggest that you and the math department go for a theoretical physicist. I know of at least one who is a fulltime math professor at a university. Let's face it, most physicists are very well prep
/archives/1996/09_1996/msg00345.html (3,605 bytes)

18. bio/geo/math/chemical-physicist (score: 98)
Author: PPARKER@TWSUVM.UC.TWSU.EDU
Date: Fri, 27 Sep 96 11:11:48 CDT
Date: Wed, 25 Sep 96 12:52:03 EDT From: Sue Ramlo <R1SER@VM1.CC.UAKRON.EDU> I'd suggest that you and the math department go for a theoretical physicist. I know of at least one who is a fulltime math
/archives/1996/09_1996/msg00411.html (4,328 bytes)

19. Physicist Steven Weinberg's Essay "AGAINST PHILOSOPHY'" (score: 93)
Author: CalvinKalman <calvin.kalman@concordia.ca>
Date: Mon, 27 Feb 2012 14:02:47 -0500
Kieran Mathieson wrote on the POD list: Mazur's work is not really representative of what flipped normally means. The idea behind flipped: - There are two main components of most classes: (1) student
/archives/2012/2_2012/msg00300.html (10,602 bytes)

20. Time-travel physicist (score: 93)
Author: "Frederick Lemmerhirt" <flemmerhirt@waubonsee.edu>
Date: Wed, 30 Jan 2008 16:38:31 -0600
Today I received an announcement of a local (on-campus) appearance of a presentation called The Science of Time Travel by Dr. Ron Mallett. Part of the description is: "Time travel has always been mor
/archives/2008/1_2008/msg00394.html (5,491 bytes)

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