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July 14, 2018
How thick is the atmosphere? A derivation of the Boltzmann distribution
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June 13, 2016
Toward a culture of tolerating ignorance
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December 10, 2015
Field theory of swords
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October 29, 2015
The miracle of Fermi liquid theory
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October 11, 2015
The simple way to solve that crocodile problem
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September 24, 2015
Samuel Beckett’s Guide to Particles and Antiparticles
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September 13, 2015
Draw me a picture of a Cooper pair
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September 10, 2015
Guest Post: If You Walk in A Closed Loop, Do You End Up Where You Started?
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August 26, 2015
1 is more important than 9: Benford’s Law
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August 20, 2015
A children’s picture-book introduction to quantum field theory
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