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What does it mean by "d-ism of Leibniz" and "dotage of Newton" in simple English?
May 29, 2019
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Who coined the term "signal-to-noise ratio" and when did statisticians start using the term "noise" to describe randomness?
Oct 8, 2023
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What type of abrasive grit was used to grind lenses for telescopes?
Jan 11, 2023
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What is the origin of the rubber sheet analogy?
Mar 19, 2023
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Seeking a text-based version of Paul Dirac's 1926 paper on quantum mechanics
Sep 15
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What was the full name of I. Bernard Cohen?
Nov 28, 2022
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How did Stern or Gerlach, of Stern-Gerlach experiment, create individual silver atoms? How were they accelerated?
Aug 31, 2021
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How is the word kernel associated with distributions?
Apr 29, 2019
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How did early physicists experimentally assign electronic transitions in atoms?
Feb 24, 2019
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Why statistical moments are called moments?
Aug 4, 2018
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Which "exotic salt" can lower water's freezing point by 70 °C?
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Is "Sulfuric acid... makes a poor electrolyte... very little of it will dissociate into ions" really true? What does that actually mean?
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Why does hydrogen burn with a pale blue flame while its emission spectral lines are red in colour?
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Origin of the term "sinc" function
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True or false: "A used AA battery contains fewer moles of electrons than a new AA battery."