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36 What was Euler's motivation for introducing $i$ for $\sqrt{-1}$? Nov 22 '14
31 Was Occam’s razor ever wrong? Nov 2 '14
23 Did ancient/medieval non-European cultures have a concept of energy? If so, what are the similarities and differences to the modern concept? Nov 17 '14
21 What was the vis viva controversy, including its philosophical aspects? Nov 30 '14
20 Did physicists around 1900 really believe they were close to “figuring it all out”? Nov 2 '14
18 What were the dominant non-atomic theories of matter in the 19th century? Nov 2 '14
18 Examples of Kuhn loss? Nov 1 '14
17 What specific problems motivated Poincaré's work on topology? Oct 31 '14
17 What sorts of calculations called for the invention of logarithm tables? Nov 15 '14
15 How did group theory enter quantum mechanics? Oct 31 '14
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