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PHYS771 Lecture 9: Quantum

There are two ways to teach quantum mechanics. The first way -- which for most physicists today is still the only way -- follows the historical order in which the ideas were discovered. So, you start with classical mechanics and electrodynamics, solving lots of grueling differential equations at e...

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Indranil Gupta on distributed systems : engineers onstage : rnd.io

Ravi: The date today is March 29th, 2012. We're here in Mountain View, California, with Indy Gupta—Indranil Gupta—how do you say it?

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The Ultimate Counterfeiter Isn’t a Crook—He’s an Artist

On a bright May afternoon in 2007, a German artist and printmaker named Hans-Jürgen Kuhl took a seat at an outdoor café directly...

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Print - The Perfect Compliment - Esquire

Recently, a few people told me that I looked good, that I'd lost weight. It made me feel good, then it made me feel bad. It was a compliment, sure. But then I realized it's just something you say to a big guy to get the conversation rolling. It might have even seemed the perfect compliment upon deli...

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