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Ask a theoretical physicist turned teacher, lecturer and author

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Ask a theoretical physicist turned teacher, lecturer and author
The Valkyrie Offline
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#21
RE: Ask a theoretical physicist turned teacher, lecturer and author
July 18, 2017 at 6:07 pm
Shit!

Can I change my vote?

Playing Cluedo with my mum while I was at Uni:

"You did WHAT?  With WHO?  WHERE???"
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#22
RE: Ask a theoretical physicist turned teacher, lecturer and author
July 18, 2017 at 6:08 pm (This post was last modified: July 18, 2017 at 6:09 pm by Anomalocaris.)
(July 18, 2017 at 5:27 pm)Alex K Wrote:
(July 18, 2017 at 5:24 pm)BrianSoddingBoru4 Wrote: So, the Universe...how does that work, exactly?

Boru
Everything around you relevant to your life operates according to this law, to extreme precision:

[Image: Everyday-Equation.jpg]

It's all hokum unless you can solve for when trump will die.
(July 18, 2017 at 5:24 pm)BrianSoddingBoru4 Wrote: So, the Universe...how does that work, exactly?

Boru

Insert shaft into hole, pump the handle, and if you are good enough, Big Bang happens.
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#23
RE: Ask a theoretical physicist turned teacher, lecturer and author
July 18, 2017 at 6:10 pm
(July 18, 2017 at 6:08 pm)Anomalocaris Wrote:
(July 18, 2017 at 5:27 pm)Alex K Wrote: Everything around you relevant to your life operates according to this law, to extreme precision:

[Image: Everyday-Equation.jpg]

It's all hokum unless you can solve for when trump will die.
(July 18, 2017 at 5:24 pm)BrianSoddingBoru4 Wrote: So, the Universe...how does that work, exactly?

Boru

Insert shaft into hole, pump the handle, and if you are good enough, Big Bang happens.

I notice you left God out of the equation.

Why is that, heathen?

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#24
RE: Ask a theoretical physicist turned teacher, lecturer and author
July 18, 2017 at 6:11 pm
(July 18, 2017 at 6:07 pm)The Valkyrie Wrote: Shit!

Can I change my vote?

Cool! 30 / 70%. No is winning by a landslide!
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#25
RE: Ask a theoretical physicist turned teacher, lecturer and author
July 18, 2017 at 6:15 pm
(July 18, 2017 at 6:11 pm)Mathilda Wrote:
(July 18, 2017 at 6:07 pm)The Valkyrie Wrote: Shit!

Can I change my vote?

Cool! 30 / 70%. No is winning by a landslide!

Fake news!
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#26
RE: Ask a theoretical physicist turned teacher, lecturer and author
July 18, 2017 at 6:21 pm
(July 18, 2017 at 6:02 pm)Mathilda Wrote: Could you explain in layman terms what Emmy Noether was working on, particularly the whole symmetry and conservation laws thing? Thanks.

Absolutely. I didn't name my elder daughter after her for nothing . Her main line of work was in higher algebra, but she did this side project which turned out to be the most important thing in theoretical physics. She found out that any continuous symmetry in the laws of nature directly correspond to a conserved quantity, and vice versa. For example, if the fundamental laws don't explicitely depend on time, there is a conserved quantity associated with that. We call this quantity "Energy". This idea callows us to construct theories based on symmetries by postulating which conserved quantities they should incorporate, and it allows us to gain a deeper understanding of what makes these theories tick.
The fool hath said in his heart, There is a God. They are corrupt, they have done abominable works, there is none that doeth good.
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RE: Ask a theoretical physicist turned teacher, lecturer and author
July 18, 2017 at 6:52 pm (This post was last modified: July 18, 2017 at 6:53 pm by BrianSoddingBoru4.)
(July 18, 2017 at 5:27 pm)Alex K Wrote:
(July 18, 2017 at 5:24 pm)BrianSoddingBoru4 Wrote: So, the Universe...how does that work, exactly?

Boru
Everything around you relevant to your life operates according to this law, to extreme precision:

[Image: Everyday-Equation.jpg]


Yes, that's what I thought.  Thank you for confirming it.


Boru
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#28
RE: Ask a theoretical physicist turned teacher, lecturer and author
July 18, 2017 at 9:22 pm
Who's your avatar?

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#29
RE: Ask a theoretical physicist turned teacher, lecturer and author
July 18, 2017 at 9:45 pm (This post was last modified: July 18, 2017 at 9:49 pm by ignoramus.)
When are you definitely going to to be famous?

(None of this uncertainty principle please)





(Also, now that the silly troll is gone, between you and me, can you tell me the real reason helicopters can't fly?)
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RE: Ask a theoretical physicist turned teacher, lecturer and author
July 18, 2017 at 9:50 pm
What is the least understood and/or most controversial thingy that physics is looking at?
Being told you're delusional does not necessarily mean you're mental. 
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