by Thomas Lee Abshier | Jun 24, 2025 | Physics, Quantum Mechanics
Photon Absorption and Orbital Decay Modes by Thomas Lee Abshier, ND, Copilot, and Poe Assistant 6/24/2024 Thomas: How does a photon transfer energy to a block of carbon? Is it by activating an electron orbital that decays, or by being absorbed by vibrating the...
by Thomas Lee Abshier | Jun 21, 2025 | Newtonian Mechanics, Physics
The Energetic and Entropic Determinants of Fracture by Thomas Lee Abshier, ND, and Copilot, 6/21/2025 Thomas: When an object breaks, what is the principle that is being satisfied? Is it an increase of entropy by breaking into more possible configurations, or is it...
by Thomas Lee Abshier | Jun 20, 2025 | Physics, Quantum Mechanics
The Shape of the Wavefront Emanations from the Double Slit Experiment by Thomas Lee Abshier, ND, and Poe Assistant 6/20/2025 Thomas: when the photon enters both of the double slits, the wave function propagates from its source as a wave packet, and hence I think...
by Thomas Lee Abshier | Jun 20, 2025 | Physics, Quantum Mechanics
Wavefunction Coherence Considerations in the Dual Slit Experiment by Thomas Lee Abshier, ND, Copilot, and Poe Assistant 6/20/2025 Thomas: A photon obviously has a wavelength inferred by E=hf. Wavelength, of course, refers to the longitudinal distance over which the E...
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, and Poe Assistant, and CoPilot 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...
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,...
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