by Thomas Lee Abshier | Jun 3, 2025 | Physics, Relativity
Air-Water Interface Bending of Light as an Analogy to Gravitational Bending by Thomas Lee Abshier, ND and AI 6/3/2025 Would the geodesic of the path between air and water, resulting in the bending of light between two different media be an analogy to the geodesic of...
by Thomas Lee Abshier | Jun 3, 2025 | Physics, Relativity
Is Gravity mediated by Geometry or a Medium? by Thomas Lee Abshier, ND and AI 6/3/2025 Do the General Relativity equations imply that a force acts at each point in space (i.e., an absolute value at each point) or over an infinitesimally small increment of space? Or...
by Thomas Lee Abshier | Apr 28, 2025 | Quantum Mechanics
The Evidence for Quantum Mechanics by Thomas Lee Abshier, ND 5/28/2025 Quantum mechanics is one of the most rigorously tested and successful theories in the history of science. Numerous experiments have confirmed its predictions with incredible accuracy, even when the...
by Thomas Lee Abshier | Apr 23, 2025 | Quantum Mechanics
The Foundations of QM by Thomas Lee Abshier, ND 4/23/25 Thomas: What were the detectors used in the measurement of Quantum Mechanical phenomena in the early days, from the first experiments to the present. AI: The early exploration of quantum mechanics (QM) relied...
by Thomas Lee Abshier | Apr 2, 2025 | Physics, Relativity
Nikola Tesla on Einstein’s Theory of Relativity by Thomas Lee Abshier, ND 4/1/2025 Thomas Question: What was Tesla’s quote about Einstein’s Theory of Relativity? AI Answer: Nikola Tesla was a vocal critic of Albert Einstein’s theory of...
by Thomas Lee Abshier | Mar 29, 2025 | Biography
Influential Men and Women of History by Thomas Lee Abshier, ND 3/28/2025 Leonardo Davinci Biography of Leonardo da Vinci Leonardo da Vinci (1452–1519) was an Italian polymath of the Renaissance who excelled in a wide range of disciplines, including painting,...
by Thomas Lee Abshier | Mar 27, 2025 | Physics, Quantum Mechanics
Blackbody Radiation and Quantization by Thomas Lee Abshier, ND 3/25/2025 Thomas question: What is the definition of blackbody radiation? What is the importance of choosing a perfect emitter and absorber of EM radiation in the idealization of thermal radiation? Given...
by Thomas Lee Abshier | Mar 23, 2025 | Physics, Quantum Mechanics
Quantum Superposition Reframed by Thomas Lee Abshier, ND 3/18/20205 The following is a list of experiments used as evidence for the phenomenon of quantum superposition of the quantum wave function. AI List of Quantum Superposition Experiments: Quantum superposition is...
by Thomas Lee Abshier | Mar 23, 2025 | Physics, Quantum Mechanics
The Measurement Problem by Thomas Lee Abshier, ND 3/23/2025 The Measurement Problem in quantum mechanics is a fundamental and unresolved issue that arises from the apparent disconnect between the mathematical formalism of quantum mechanics and the process of...
by Thomas Lee Abshier | Mar 23, 2025 | Physics, Quantum Mechanics
The EPR Paper and Entanglement by Thomas Lee Abshier, ND 3/23/2025 The famous 1935 EPR paper refers to the seminal work by Albert Einstein, Boris Podolsky, and Nathan Rosen, titled “Can Quantum-Mechanical Description of Physical Reality Be Considered...
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