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Posting and self answering basic derivations
It can be difficult at times to find quality derivations for 'some' of the basic formula used in high school physics, so I thought what if I post and self answer the basic derivations. Does this sound ...
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Why is everyone so keen to answer physics questions by writing down tons of equations? [closed]
As a physicist, when you are tackling some new problem, shouldn't the first thing that comes to your mind be a rough idea? Why can't you answer questions with those rough ideas first?
Math is just a ...
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Can I present an answer in the form of a leading question? [duplicate]
Like "Jeopardy" presents answers in the form of questions can I post a physics question and post my own answer to it? The presentation I want to make is a new type of math method to calculate and ...
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How to handle references to literature in predatory journals
Are questions or answers that cite, refer to or are based on work published in predatory journals (in the sense discussed here, here, or here) to be tolerated?
If no, how do we check if a journal is ...
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Are partial answers to homework questions allowed?
I gave a partial answer to a homework questions here (now deleted; screenshots: question, answer) and was firmly told in comments that even partial answers to homework questions are not allowed. Is ...
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Notify users when homework-and-exercises posts are found acceptable for answering
Could this site somehow let contributors know if a homework and exercise question has been reviewed and found acceptable for answering? Right now we only know when a question is found to be ...
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Engineering questions and answers that are closely related to Physics
I found an old question asked 5 years ago. How much power to keep surface of aluminum plate at given temperature?. How do I answer this in a physics kind of way?
This is my original answer:
By ...
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Citing all your work
Many times I have answered questions only to be told to cite it. So I research and find somebody has already published it. With as much brains around here is it not possible to arrive at the same ...
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Questions that look like senseless, but with sensible answers
Here are two questions that do not make sense, while reading them:
At CERN - What do you call the moment (event) particles crash together in the particle accelerator?
Is there a proof of existence ...
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Should I post a question if I know the answer? Should I answer my own questions?
Recently I had some questions and was going to post them here. While trying to find the best formulation for them I've found the answers.
Posting questions with immediate answers is welcome e.g. on ...
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