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Physically Incorrect
http://www.physicallyincorrect.com
Physically Incorrect is a blog dedicated to entertaining and insightful technical posts on physics, mathematics and everything in-between. Written by a physics PhD, the blog explores a different topic every week, often from a technical viewpoint (equations included!).
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Physics Puzzle: the Inverting Mirror
Here’s a nice puzzle that left me scratching my head for a while: If you stand in front of the mirror with a shirt that has something written on it, you will see it “inverted” (left-to-right becomes right-to-left). Informally, we ca...
Physically Incorrect Needs You!
I’ve been writing this blog for quite a while now (almost half a year). It has been an enjoyable experience, but it seems a bit lonely sometimes, as only a brave few have attempted to solve the puzzles I’ve put on the site. ...
Physics Puzzle: Infinite Resistor Network
Another weekend has come, and another puzzle with it! This time, we’ll be making good use of Ohm’s law. Quite a few physics puzzles ask you to find the equivalent resistor of a given network - a particularly famous one is finding the equi...
My Top 5 Mechanics Textbooks
Or: “What, No Goldstein?” Of all of physics, mechanics is my favorite subject (followed by electromagnetism). It’s the easiest to grasp, because it deals with daily phenomena, but the problems can be very challenging. As a service t...
Physics Puzzle: Crooke’s Radiometer
Here’s a riddle about a well known object known as Crooke’s radiometer. This is a glass “bulb”-like object with four plates fitted on a metal rod, free to rotate (much like a horizontal windmill). Each plate has a black side a...
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Evita Said:
Very worthy blog and nice format too! I would attempt some of the puzzles but my major was biolgoy not physics and so I'd rather not ;)
