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Frustration & Perpetual Motion
Momentum conservation (or Newton’s third law) ensures two-way or bidirectional coupling for typical media like guitar strings and spring mattresses. One-way or unidirectional coupling enables the propagation of solitary waves or solitons with diverse behaviors in otherwise dissipative media, but at the expense of both momentum and energy conservation. Nevertheless, one-way media are possible, provided…
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Wooster Physics at the University of Oregon
Last week I had a wonderful trip to the University of Oregon in Eugene to give a colloquium for the Department of Physics. This was my first visit to the university, and actually my first visit to Oregon at all! Wooster Physics and Oregon Physics are connected in a number of ways — Dr. Leary…
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PhysCon 2016: A Wooster Student in San Francisco –Guest Blog by Zane Thornburg
When I began studying physics, I had no idea that scientists travel so much. In the fall of 2016, I attended the Quadrennial Physics Congress, PhysCon. Before I get to talking about the conference itself, I think it is worth mentioning that this was the farthest I have ever traveled, so I had a lot…
Month: February 2017
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Nice post, John! Thanks for writing these. I always enjoy them.
David Smith’s ein stein is an awesome shape!
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Thanks, Mark! I enjoy reading your posts as well.