…ailable. At least, not anymore. It was freely available, on underground websites like Library.nu (rest in peace). Such websites came into existence because you did not meet the aims of the academic community. While we worked to share information, providing publishers with free content to put in their books and journals, you turned around and sold that content at commercially high prices. You actively prevented the dissemination of scholarly knowle…
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…the 60’s, Kao was able to show that this attenuation was the result of the absorption and scattering of light, caused by metal ions in the glass. The problem was thus to figure out how to develop more pure glass fibers. Kao correctly argued that this could be done using silica. His research on the problem later led to the development of the super-efficient optical fibers we know today. Boyle and Smith are being recognized for their invention of th…
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…dge) British Journal for the Philosophy of Science Oxford University Press Canadian Journal of Philosophy University of Calgary Press Dialectica Wiley-Blackwell Erkenntnis Springer Verlag European Journal of Philosophy Blackwell Publishing Foundations of Physics Springer Verlag General Relativity and Gravitation Springer Verlag Journal for General Philosophy of Science Springer Verlag Journal of Consciousness Studies Imprint Academic Journal of Ap…
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…e found in textbooks like Ballentine (1998). Words of warning It’s easy to slip up with superselection rules, especially when time reversal is involved. Here are two words of warning to keep an eye out for. 1. There’s sloppy language out there. Notice that none of the expressions of a superselection rule above imply that a superposition of a boson and a fermion is “impossible” or “not realizable.” Experts often say this when they’re being sloppy,…
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…than $200. Nevertheless, let it be known that an electronic copy of this book does is circulating on the inter-tubes. If you look around a bit, you’ll likely be able to find and download a copy for free. Just throwing that out there. See also my advice about reading on the cheap, and about learning GR online. This list was inspired by a recent post over at It’s Only a Theory — further suggestions are more than welcome. Happy reading! (*) Added Fe…
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