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If
you are here to find information about a particular topic in
physics or just because you like to scroll science websites, you
will find plenty of material to peruse here: since 1999 I have
answered more than 7000 questions on-line and many more by brief
email; all the questions answered on-line are accessibly
archived. Because very large data sets like mine are often hard
to navigate, I have curated the data by sorting the more
interesting and useful questions/answers into
categories, a
link to which is at the top of every page. In addition you will
find a
search option, again
linked to at the top of every page, which will search the entire
raw data set as well as the curated
Catagories sets.
{If your interest is surfing the data
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For
more than 35 years I taught physics at the college and
university levels and I find that running AskThePhysicist.com
has been a continuation of my love of education. I also was
active in nuclear physics research performing experiments at
particle accelerators around the world. I have earned AB, MA,
and PhD degrees in physics at major universities. I try to
provide clear, intuitive answers while retaining some degree of
rigor when possible—real physics here. You can read more about
my training and career, including a full Curriculum Vitae, on
The Physicist
page.
Policies:
Questions which violate
groundrules or which I consider to be
"off the wall"
will be discarded. Also, if your question is about astronomy,
astrophysics, or cosmology, I may not answer because I have
limited expertise. I recommend NASA's
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