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Wednesday, September 01, 2004 6:36 PM

Physics Installment #1: On the road to collisions

My math installments have been very popular, but I really need to jump into a more specialized mathematics in the form of equations that pertain to physics. We are going to be covering the basics of collisions today. These are very basic, in that we'll...
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Monday, August 23, 2004 2:22 AM

Math Quickie: Relationship between arc distance and linear distance.

The first concept is displacement. This is the change in location at two particular points in time. If something happens between the two times we choose, we don't consider that for the equations. That means you could drive your car to work and back home...
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Tuesday, June 08, 2004 6:51 PM

People spend a lot of time solving the traffic problem, but I always figured they were further than they really are...

People that enjoy math tend to appreciate complex problems, especially problems that have more than one solution, and possibly more than one optimal solution. That makes traffic congestion an ideal problem for people to try and solve. Using Seattle and...
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Saturday, June 05, 2004 7:28 PM

Pimping another physics book: "Three Roads to Quantum Gravity"

Three Roads to Quantum Gravity Trying to understand the thought processes and devices that physicists create in order to define the universe is an awesome process that I recommend for anybody. The constantly create tools that have no natural relationship...
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