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Quantum Field Theory, String Theory, and Predictions (Part 2) - Of Particular Significance
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| | [This post is a continuation of this one from Monday] Coming to Terms Before we continue, a little terminology --- trivial, yet crucial and slightly subtle. Think about the distinction between the words "humanity" and "a human" and "humans"; or "higher education", "university" and "universities"; or "royalty", "king" and "kings". In each case, the three...
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Hard questions about quantum crypto and quantum computing | Light Blue Touchpaper
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Why Quantum Gravity Is Controversial | 4 gravitons
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| | Merging quantum mechanics and gravity is a famously hard physics problem. Explaining why merging quantum mechanics and gravity is hard is, in turn, a very hard science communication problem. The more popular descriptions tend to lead to misunderstandings, and I've posted many times over the years to chip away at those misunderstandings. Merging quantum mechanics...
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Introduction to Identity and Inverse Matrices using Python/Numpy examples and drawings
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| This post will introduce you to special kind of matrices: the identity matrix and the inverse matrix. We will use Python/Numpy as a tool to get a better intu...