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41. I need help. (score: 25): Author: Ludwik Kowalski <kowalskiL@MAIL.MONTCLAIR.EDU>; Date: Sun, 24 Feb 2002 15:45:19 -0500; David's message forced me to ask why my theoretical (b) line was so different from his. I went to my little True Basic program and found a bug. Now my numerical method and David's geometrical method; /archives/2002/02_2002/msg00997.html (5,447 bytes)
42. I need help. (score: 25): Author: John Mallinckrodt <ajmallinckro@CSUPOMONA.EDU>; Date: Sun, 24 Feb 2002 16:09:36 -0800; As has been pointed out, the conductive paper imposes boundary conditions that may be dealt with via an image charge technique. I have asked Maple to do some calculations to help me visualize the res; /archives/2002/02_2002/msg00999.html (6,387 bytes)
43. Velocity vs. Speed and Other Physics Constructs (score: 25): Author: brian whatcott <inet@INTELLISYS.NET>; Date: Sat, 12 Dec 1998 13:08:08 -0600; Talking about 'velocities' at reciprocal headings where 'speed' might be more appropriate, reminded me of Sokal's Hermeneutics piece, and even more amusing, the opaque Bohr paper mentioned in the on-; /archives/1998/12_1998/msg00183.html (5,577 bytes)
44. Smolin's preons = geons? (score: 24): Author: Spinoza321@aol.com; Date: Tue, 15 Aug 2006 13:23:14 EDT; This is a basic explanation of what I am talking about in the earlier posts. Unfortunately I cannot send the pictures. This article is available in the New Scientist publication. Basically fundamenta; /archives/2006/08_2006/msg00087.html (22,291 bytes)
45. physics profs in math (score: 24): Author: "Richard W. Tarara" <rtarara@saintmarys.edu>; Date: Wed, 25 Sep 1996 14:34:09 -0500; Better to have the theoretical physicist teach math than to try and teach physics! ;-) -- From: Rauber, Joel This was mentioned on the list ________________________ I'd suggest that you and the math; /archives/1996/09_1996/msg00353.html (4,191 bytes)
46. Entropy, Objectivity, and Timescales (score: 23): Author: Leigh Palmer <palmer@sfu.ca>; Date: Wed, 28 May 1997 17:14:08 -0700; I do hope someone is getting some value out of all this. It takes a lot of time! The thinking is probably good for me, but I haven't got all that much extra time. My reply to Dan's last: Of course I'; /archives/1997/05_1997/msg00399.html (11,217 bytes)
47. profs (score: 23): Author: trappe@PHYSICS.UTEXAS.EDU (Trappe); Date: Thu, 26 Sep 1996 19:37:14 +0000; Sue writes: Secondly, due to the poor job market for physicists, it's a lot easier to find physics profs (to teach physics) than to find engineers to teach physics. I find it hard to believe that eng; /archives/1996/09_1996/msg00401.html (6,142 bytes)
48. John Lienhard on Absolutism, Evolution and Education, Engines of our Ingenuity No.2132 (score: 19): Author: Marty Weiss <martweiss@comcast.net>; Date: Tue, 11 Jun 2013 12:40:05 -0400; Depends on who the authority is.... Do you equate an authority on the Bible who counted the generations from Adam and comes up with an age of 6000 years, or 5773 to be precise, as being on equal foot; /archives/2013/6_2013/msg00115.html (9,643 bytes)
49. John Lienhard on Absolutism, Evolution and Education, Engines of our Ingenuity No.2132 (score: 19): Author: Ludwik Kowalski <kowalskil@mail.montclair.edu>; Date: Tue, 11 Jun 2013 14:08:35 -0400; Yes, both scientists and theologists trust some authorities much more that others. But this is a different topic. My point was that no one can personally verify everything; many scientific claims are; /archives/2013/6_2013/msg00121.html (10,259 bytes)
50. strange things in chem book (score: 19): Author: Ludwik Kowalski <kowalskil@mail.montclair.edu>; Date: Sun, 16 Sep 2012 08:53:02 -0400; Here is a relevant fragment of my paper which will be published in the proceedings of the Society of Philosophy of Science (SPS) conference in Montreal (June 2012): "3. Levels of Confidence in Scient; /archives/2012/9_2012/msg00072.html (7,694 bytes)
51. strange things in chem book (score: 19): Author: "John Clement" <clement@hal-pc.org>; Date: Sun, 16 Sep 2012 13:08:48 -0500; But a theory is NEVER promoted to be called a law. That was a misconcepted idea promoted in the mid 20th century. Look at all the things called laws and they are basically principles or equations. Bo; /archives/2012/9_2012/msg00075.html (10,650 bytes)
52. strange things in chem book (score: 19): Author: "Dr. Keith S. Taber" <kst24@cam.ac.uk>; Date: Sun, 16 Sep 2012 19:32:31 +0100; Of course, all these terms means what enough people want them to mean, and meanings shift. But I agree with John that laws and theories are quite different. (Perhaps it gets confusing when we also co; /archives/2012/9_2012/msg00076.html (14,112 bytes)
53. strange things in chem book (score: 19): Author: Marty Weiss <martweiss@comcast.net>; Date: Sun, 16 Sep 2012 15:21:26 -0400; Our problem isn't only with our terminology, it lies in our communication skills to the non-scientist and to our younger students who pick up on these misconceptions at an early age from well meaning; /archives/2012/9_2012/msg00077.html (17,250 bytes)
54. strange things in chem book (score: 19): Author: Ken Caviness <caviness@southern.edu>; Date: Sun, 16 Sep 2012 21:48:53 +0000; I don't think that the average person's misunderstanding of what a theory is excuses us for making too strong statements. My opponent's exaggeration doesn't justify my exaggerated rebuttal. Only in r; /archives/2012/9_2012/msg00080.html (20,603 bytes)
55. strange things in chem book (score: 19): Author: Marty Weiss <martweiss@comcast.net>; Date: Sun, 16 Sep 2012 18:51:22 -0400; The theory of evolution is absolutely proven as the basis for life. To say it is not is to feed into the general public's misconception of science, which gives the antiscience people ammunition to wi; /archives/2012/9_2012/msg00081.html (22,643 bytes)
56. strange things in chem book (score: 19): Author: "Anthony Lapinski" <Anthony_Lapinski@pds.org>; Date: Sun, 16 Sep 2012 19:42:50 -0400; Interesting discussion! What about Archimedes' Principe and Bernoulli's Principle? The Work-Energy Theorem? The mirror lens equation? Why aren't these laws? People always say, "I have a theory as to; /archives/2012/9_2012/msg00082.html (23,584 bytes)
57. strange things in chem book (score: 19): Author: Ken Caviness <caviness@southern.edu>; Date: Sun, 16 Sep 2012 23:43:29 +0000; Absolutely false. To call "Newton's Law of Universal Gravitation" a law is false. It's not even true, we have had a more accurate explanation for gravity since 1916: General Relativity. That too is n; /archives/2012/9_2012/msg00083.html (24,550 bytes)
58. strange things in chem book (score: 19): Author: jbellina <inquirybellina@comcast.net>; Date: Sun, 16 Sep 2012 20:06:10 -0400; I suspect that part of the problem is the public notion that science somehow should give us truth, so theories are ideas about the world, and when they are proven true, they become laws. The trick th; /archives/2012/9_2012/msg00085.html (14,918 bytes)
59. Scientific Method (score: 19): Author: Richard Hake <rrhake@earthlink.net>; Date: Wed, 15 Jul 2009 10:51:35 -0700; If you reply to this long (11 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/2009/7_2009/msg00177.html (12,717 bytes)
60. Fwd: Free Science Camps on Modern Physics at Perimeter Institute Now Accepting Applications (score: 19): Author: "Dan L. MacIsaac" <danmacisaac@mac.com>; Date: Thu, 05 Feb 2009 17:26:55 -0500; Dan MacIsaac, Associate Professor of Physics, SUNY-Buffalo State College 222SciBldg BSC, 1300 Elmwood Ave, Buffalo NY 14222 USA 716-878-3802 <macisadl@buffalostate.edu> <http://PhysicsEd.BuffaloState; /archives/2009/2_2009/msg00054.html (7,479 bytes)

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