Monthly Archives: June 2011

Mathematica Resources

Posted on June 28, 2011 by

Well just because I suck at Mathematica programming it doesn’t mean you should suck at it too. Nor does it mean that I should suck at it forever. With that in mind I want to bring to your attention a … Continue reading →

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Some more jazz

Posted on June 20, 2011 by

In a previous post I’ve already mentioned a few books that are useful for people that want to get into Quantum Mechanics and Field Theory. This time I want to add two more suggestions: Relativistic Quantum Mechanics and Field Theory. … Continue reading →

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Not on a blogging binge

Posted on June 18, 2011 by

So no need to worry my dear three our four readers (that also includes me) that I do have a life. I’m just posting my old posts from Exploring the Mountain to my new place. The thing is that I … Continue reading →

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More talk about numbers

Posted on June 18, 2011 by

At the end of this post we had arrived at the rational numbers and were able to derive four mathematical operations. At first sight this might look like an impressive achieving, taking into account the tools we set ourselves to … Continue reading →

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Let’s talk about numbers

Posted on June 18, 2011 by

In this post I intend to tell a concise and perfected story of how and why numbers came to be. Please don’t expect this to be a factual account of all the trial and tribulations that accompanied the process. So … Continue reading →

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A fast and first look into Kuhn

Posted on June 18, 2011 by

Thomas Kuhn, born in 1922 and passed away in 1996, got interested about the history of Physics during his Ph.D. studies. He was in charge of a course, for humanities students, that was about the episodes in the history of … Continue reading →

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Some resources on Field Theory and “all” that jazz

Posted on June 16, 2011 by

Here are some online resources on Field Theory related issues: Hagen Kleinert‘s Books. Warren Siegel‘s Fields. Warren Siegel‘s Introduction to string field theory. Srednicki‘s Quantum Field Theory. Though I’m hardly a specialist in this (yet!) I can see that all … Continue reading →

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A quickie on Special Relativity

Posted on June 13, 2011 by

This post is intended to be a very concise rebuttal to one of the most popular misconceptions about the theory of Special Relativity. — 1. Brief Historical Review — For the ones that really want to have a better grasp … Continue reading →

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New avenues into Quantum Mechanics

Posted on June 12, 2011 by

In recent times two articles that can do the seemingly impossible in Quantum Mechanics have been published and they generated some buzz on the interweb. This first article Observing the Average Trajectories of Single Photons in a Two-Slit Interferometer is … Continue reading →

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A more detailed study plan

Posted on June 12, 2011 by

As was seen in this blog post I intend to review a few things about my Physics education. Truth be told, my laid out plan wasn’t very clear and I intend to take care of this now. Basically my plan … Continue reading →

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