Of the six subjects I studied this past semester — thermal physics, classical physics, special relativity, quantum mechanics, complex analysis and algebra — thermal physics was by far my least favourite. It’s difficult to go into the various reasons for this, though to be fair to the subject it was up against some stiff competition. [...]
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Clearly over the past few weeks posting has been more sparse than usual — as I’ve mentioned, it’s primarily because this time of year marks the final round of due assignments and the need for exam preparation. My final assignment went in on Friday, so now I’ve got a week’s break between lectures ending and [...]
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Oh yeah! The University of Melbourne Physics Students’ Society is holding the first ever physics ball! Comic Adventures at the Croft is happening on the 26th of May, so make sure to grab tickets in advance and get a superhero costume together. It’s all happening at the Croft Institute too, a very swish bar (with an [...]
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Remember way back when, when I posted that equation from Quantum Field Theory? Remember how I said that one of the big open problems in physics is reconciling quantum mechanics with general relativity? Well, guess what – this is essentially what you’re trying to reconcile it with: Any suggestions on how to do so would be [...]
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I just had my first tutorial on special relativity, and let me tell you — however you think you should visualize travelling close to the speed of light, you’re probably wrong (unless, of course, you’re a physicist). I say this as someone who has read plenty of popular books and watched plenty of videos explaining [...]
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With a post title like that, you were probably expecting something academic, weren’t you? Silly. In reality all I wanted to do was post a video of some friends of mine giving a bit of a physical demonstration…
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If you’ve come to my blog from the Young Australian Skeptics website, this will be something you’ve probably seen before — I posted it last year as soon as I completed it. For everyone else, this is too cool not to share. You may be wondering, “What exactly is ferrofluid?” Briefly, it’s a colloidal mixture [...]
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Michio Kaku on Teleportation from Kirsten Sanford on Vimeo. Now, if only they can make it so that teleportation makes you fitter at well, my life will be complete. In a century or two.
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…I’m just not necessarily on the committee. The University of Melbourne Physics Students’ Society, with whom I am involved when not crazy busy organising stuff for the UMSS is starting a regular “Physics in the Pub” event at Pugg Mahones, Carlton. Basically, it’s physics in the pub. Physics. In the freakin’ pub. What more could [...]
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Obviously, there was no update yesterday. That’s because my day yesterday was structured a little something like this: 7am – Wake up. 8am – Go to bus stop. Realise it’s a public holiday for everyone but your university. Curse the public transport system. 9am – Maths starts here. 12pm – Maths finishes here. Physics starts [...]
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