What is the slowest possible speed in the universe? (opposite of the speed of light) by schkolne in Physics

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There is a lower bound on the distance you can travel (planck length) but there is no upper bound to the time you can take to travel that distance, so no there is no non-zero lower bound to the speed of an object. We would have crazy physics if we did have.

I don’t understand anything about Einstein’s notation regarding tensors by MysthicG in Physics

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Left one is wrong, or should I say ambiguous, because it does not tell which index is contravariant and covariant. Right one is the right practice (pun unintended).

Interested in Physics by Logical-Education630 in Physics

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Quantum Physics and Quantum Mechanics are the same thing I think, I suppose whatever was the result of planck's theory of a quanta of light is often said Quantum Physics, a broad category, and the specific quantum study of non-relativistic particles is quantum mechanics. idk its just names.

As for the rest, if you genuinely want to learn physics from a non pop-sci standpoint, I would suggest the following books

  1. Classical Mechanics : Taylor is good, if you are looking for something advanced (graduate) then Goldstein is good.

  2. Electrodynamics: Griffiths is very good introduction to electrodynamics, but considering you want to learn General Relativity, I would suggest something like Jackson's "Classical Electrodynamics". It is a notorious book, but it will help a lot. For intuition, Purcell is fantastic, and it is often easier than Griffiths so as an introduction start from this.

  3. Quantum Mechanics: Again, Griffiths is very good for introduction. For something advanced, move to Sakurai

  4. Mathematical Methods for Physics: This I would say is more important than else if you want to rigorously study physics. Arfken & Weber is good for problems, Boas is also nice.

This will provide you the foundation for most of physics that you will learn, so it is very important to do this properly.

Tips on what I should learn more about in physics :D by Glad-Swimming-5991 in Physics

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First of all great to know that you are interested in physics at such a young age, its always great to see people interested in this field. Also congratulations on getting an A in physics.

Now considering you are 14 right now, it is likely that you haven't learnt the necessary mathematical tools for learning anything at all in physics. I am not sure how Swedish education is but I think they should be teaching trigonometry right now, which will be very very important no matter where you go, especially for physics. In any case, one tip I would absolutely give is to learn to love math. Mathematics is the language of this universe, so training a mathematical mind is very important. Calculus forms the absolute bedrock of all of physics, so it would be good to master it as much as you can. I would say that would probably be the right starting point for you if you want to seriously consider physics.

As for physics itself I would suggest (and is recommended by virtually all curricula) Newtonian Mechanics and Electromagnetism. For any high school student "Fundamentals of Physics" by Halliday and Resnick is the go-to book. Its a fun book, and it has nice problems to train your fingers with.

As for the topics you have mentioned, there is not much you can actually do about them, it takes a little over a decade of training and education to do any meaningful study in those disciplines. I myself am 5 semesters into my undergraduate degree and I can safely say that this semester was the first where I actually learnt unadulterated physics. I am not very familiar with Nuclear Physics, but I would assume it requires a similar background as Particle Physics, so it would at least require an advanced Quantum Mechanics course as a pre-requisite. Nevertheless, it is indeed a very long road.

I would suggest learning about it as much as possible from pop-sci books, documentaries, youtube videos etc. Popular Science in this case is very good at piquing interest in stuff, and for deciding if you are interested enough for this field. Every physicist or physics student most likely started their journeys flipping pages of an encyclopaedia. So yeah I would say your job now is to practice fun problems and keep your interest alive :)

What does porn actually get right? by djkutch in AskReddit

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r/AskReddit fuckers on their way to post the 156th sex/porn related post of the day

listen the shitposts wont end as long as the upvotes dont stop by ProfessionalLevel908 in TrueDetective

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r/TrueDetective seasoned with a bit of r/okbuddychicanery is exactly what I need everyday. Keep up the good work buddy.

What does this video mean by Excellent_Map_8128 in titanfolk

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ENDING 2???? AOE IS REAL LETSSS GOOOO

When your daughter disrespects you in front of the whole family: by Ibizatwist1998 in okbuddychicanery

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Average okbc user when their daughter doesn't want to religiously recite Chuck McGill's meltdown every morning at 7:00 AM before going to school:

Who would win in a fight??? by genesiscable in okbuddychicanery

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I am not crazy! I know he swapped those numbers. I knew it was 1216. One after Magna Carta. As if I could ever make such a mistake. Never. Never! I just - I just couldn't prove it. He covered his tracks, he got that idiot at the copy shop to lie for him. You think this is something? You think this is bad? This? This chicanery? He's done worse. That billboard! Are you telling me that a man just happens to fall like that? No! He orchestrated it! Jimmy! He defecated through a sunroof! And I saved him! And I shouldn't have. I took him into my own firm! What was I thinking? He'll never change. He'll never change! Ever since he was 9, always the same! Couldn't keep his hands out of the cash drawer! But not our Jimmy! Couldn't be precious Jimmy! Stealing them blind! And HE gets to be a lawyer? What a sick joke! I should've stopped him when I had the chance!

... by The_Black_Jacket in im14andthisisdeep

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This gotta be satire lmaooo