tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5884461091177489373.post2189945752853939035..comments2015-08-21T18:36:39.772+05:30Comments on Constructive Interference: Chapter 5: Varun subs Vyaashttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15083889422016649280noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5884461091177489373.post-70921259808340123512015-06-03T06:50:34.634+05:302015-06-03T06:50:34.634+05:30Does this blogger do a good-enough job of motivati...Does this blogger do a good-enough job of motivating the masses to learn more about 'combustion science' and 'combustion engineering'?<br />http://waitbutwhy.com/2015/06/how-tesla-will-change-your-life.htmlSeeker of Truthhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14467160214176589804noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5884461091177489373.post-47725085856413363542014-09-07T06:33:41.807+05:302014-09-07T06:33:41.807+05:30Apparently there is an American and a British qua...Apparently there is an <a href="http://www.quadrillion.com/number.shtm" rel="nofollow">American and a British quadrillion</a>. If the post was written in British English, then what's describing may not strictly be an oil 'drop' experiment (unless of course 'drop' is used as a gerund of sorts and not a descriptor of size of something that could well be a blob). In any case, it will be interesting to see how much these matters of size mattered to Millikan's experiment, as they might have mattered if Archimedes got funding for his <a href="http://www.buzzle.com/editorials/7-30-2004-57259.asp" rel="nofollow">earth-lift thought-experiment</a>. Would Archimedes have identified the right equipment if he had been pressed to, or was he engaging in some rhetorical flourish like this post, rather than numerical exactitude?Seeker of Truthhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14467160214176589804noreply@blogger.com