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Why did Feynman's thesis almost work?

quantum-electrodynamics maxwell-equations causality asked May 10 '12 at 12:32
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What are the strings in string theory made of?

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Does special relativity make magnetic fields irrelevant?

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What is the answer to Feynman's Disc Paradox?

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Could the Periodic Table have been done using group theory?

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Are electrons just incompletely evaporated black holes?

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Can matter really fall through an event horizon?

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Is the Springborg 6D phase space model used in modern molecular orbital modeling?

computational-chemistry quantum-mechanics electronic-configuration software molecular-orbitals asked May 14 '12 at 3:44
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Is there a strong force analog to magnetic fields?

electromagnetism special-relativity quantum-electrodynamics quantum-chromodynamics asked Sep 2 '12 at 19:54
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Is it possible that diamond can be grown from aqueous solutions?

synthesis asked May 23 '12 at 0:51
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What does it mean for two objects to “touch”?
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Can an atom have more than 8 valence electrons? If not, why is 8 the limit?
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What makes C so popular in the age of OOP?
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Where does the extra kinetic energy come from in a gravitational slingshot?
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What happens to the energy when waves perfectly cancel each other?
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Fundamental forces behind covalent bonding
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What is anti-matter?
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Does special relativity make magnetic fields irrelevant?
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Why is the charge naming convention wrong?
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Why is electric field strong at sharp edges?
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Is a suit that hides a soldier's heat signature fundamentally possible?
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Can a photon get emitted without a receiver?
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If photon energies are continuous and atomic energy levels are discrete, how can atoms absorb photons?
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Quantum mechanics and everyday nature
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About the complex nature of the wave function?
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How do we know photons have spin 1?
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Why are alpha particles made of 2 protons and neutrons?
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A fly in an accelerating car
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Are there still 'everyday' phenomena unexplained by Physics?
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Why are the laws of thermodynamics “supreme among the laws of Nature”?
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QM without complex numbers
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Why is gravity so hard to unify with the other 3 fundamental forces?
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Why are multiple programming languages used in the development of one product or piece of software?
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How do orbitals coexist with a nucleus?
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Why are electrons and quarks 0-dimensional?
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Why do they consider radioactive matter with long half lives more dangerous than matter with a short half life?
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How does the process of freezing water remove salt?
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What is entropy really?
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Why is verbosity bad for a programming language?
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Pauli exclusion principle and resonance
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