What is the most difficult concept to grasp in physics?

A famous Harvard physics professor (Ed Purcell [ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edward_Mills_Purcell ] maybe?) said that undergraduate physics students come in expecting that the hardest thing th…

Top stories for Long   What is the most difficult concept to grasp in physics? Alejandro Jenkins, PhD Physics, California Institute of Technology (2006) • Updated November 12, 2015 A famous Harvard physics professor (Ed Purcell maybe?) said that undergraduate physics students come in expecting that the hardest thing they'll have to learn will be eithe... Read more » 6.2K 258   How is the life of a male without marriage? Asked in Stuff Men Have To Deal With • Answered by World Orphan • November 25 My son is 38, and not married. He used to hire people to clean his apartment twice a month,and learned to cook for himself. Now he got a truck with a bed inside. And he is p... Read more » 486 1   What happens if an adult eats a lot of honey? Wellington Muzz, Medical Officer (2003-present) • Answered November 14 Honey is rich in nutrition and contains more than 180 nutrients: sugars, proteins, amino acids, minerals, vitamins, active enzymes, among others. Consuming honey daily will ... Read more » 491 13   Why is it that an LLM, which is basically just a next-word predictor, can handle tasks that require abstract or logical thinking, like math or coding? Christopher F Clark, Yacc++ author, Intel chip designer, ex-Googler • Updated December 14 The answer to "Why is it that an LLM, which is basically just a next-word predictor, can handle tasks that require abstract or logical thinking, like math or coding?" is th... Read more » 154 51   Why do truck drivers pull over and sleep in their trucks instead of hotels or motels like normal people do? Jeromy M. • Answered March 10, 2023 Let's say you are a truck driver and not a "normal person". You make good money. You get paid by the mile and are out 2 weeks at a time and come home for a few days and the... Read more » 2.1K 268   Diaz Gabriela, Reseracher at Academic Research (2004-present) • Posted Jan 29 In 1947, a woman walked into a grocery store in Memphis, Tennessee, to drop off a roll of film to be developed. As she entered, she realized she had one last photo left to take. She saw a boy outsid... Read more » 3.4K 131   If you call a hotel at 8pm and they have vacant rooms, what if you offer them half price to stay? Will some of them do it? Sam the Girl, I'm all over the place • Answered October 20 Here's my strategy. I do t know if this is still viable, but pre-COVID, I spent 6 years just road tripping all over the US, and this worked probably 95% of the time. First t... Read more » 1.3K 31   Why is Linux so buggy? Andrew McGregor, former Performance Measurement Lead at Fastly (2019-2024) • Answered October 21, 2017 Linux on a desktop or laptop? Terribly buggy. This is because nobody bothers to qualify the hardware for it, or to upstream drivers for some incredibly common chips. So you ... Read more » 1.7K 69   How did the USS Missouri know it was safe to sail into Tokyo Bay? Even after the war, there were holdouts, so how did the US counter the threat of an attack during the signing of the Japanese surrender? Kevin Alfonso • Answered November 29 Nimitz didn't know if was safe. He knew there was a possibility that it was a ruse and that Japan might continue hostilities. To safeguard against this possibility he order... Read more » 1.8K 96   If Russia invaded Poland tomorrow morning without warning, how long could Poland resist with their current military capabilities? Dan, Subicite Terram • Answered September 23 Probably all the way to Moscow. Poland has an undeserved reputation as a pushover. It isn't true. In 1939 they were holding their own against German blitzkrieg tactics until... Read more » 782 160   How many times is it normal to urinate in a day? Vikash, 🚴 Be healthy - Be Happy 🌳 • Posted Mar 13, 2024 Often people make repeated trips to the washroom to urinate. Do you know how many times it is normal to urinate in a day? Health experts believe that it is very normal for a healthy person to urinat... Read more » 1.4K 55   What secret did your parents hide that you only found out after they died? Asked in Ask Buddy💕 Welcome • Answered by Steve Miller • August 1 After Mom died I finally saw my birth certificate. Mom had told me many decades ago the her family hated dad, she said because he was very dark from sun tan from being in t... Read more » 3.3K 152 Read more in your feed

Never miss a story. Designed for readers on the go.

Missing out on Quora emails? Be sure to add us to your primary inbox. This email was sent by Quora (605 Castro Street, Mountain View, CA 94041). If you don't want to receive this type of email in the future, please unsubscribe. https://www.quora.com

If Fermat's Last Theorem was proved, why do we have an exception for that (e.g., 1782...?

As already mentioned LHS is odd while RHS is even . In Simpsons, years ago, Homer Simpson was writing on a blackboard this Homer's example was even more sophisticated since RHS and LHS where b…

Top stories for Long   If Fermat's Last Theorem was proved, why do we have an exception for that (e.g., 1782¹²+1841¹²=1922¹²)? A. Skodras, MSc Mathematics & Applied Mathematics • Updated January 27, 2022 As already mentioned LHS is odd while RHS is even . In Simpsons, years ago, Homer Simpson was writing on a blackboard this Homer's example was even more sophisticated since R... Read more » 254 10   Diaz Gabriela, Reseracher at Academic Research (2004-present) • Posted Jan 29 In 1947, a woman walked into a grocery store in Memphis, Tennessee, to drop off a roll of film to be developed. As she entered, she realized she had one last photo left to take. She saw a boy outsid... Read more » 3.4K 131   How rare is an 800 credit score? Kanthaswamy Balasubramaniam, Compliance & Investment Assessee at Self-Employment • Answered October 11 In India 4% have a score of 300–400 12% have a score of 400–500 39% have a score of 500–600... Read more » 522 84   How close did Hitler come to winning WWII? Thierry Etienne Joseph Rotty, former Central Planning at NATO • Answered March 22, 2024 Very, very close. In 1940, the Germans had just 12 U-Boats on station, 6 in British coastal waters, and 6 in the open sea (out of more than 100 boats). Had they just doubled ... Read more » 1.1K 300   Is lemon water good for kidneys? Marylyn Ketimo, Part-time Nurse • Answered July 28 I really love lemon water but it is not the miracle cure people think it is... but for your kidneys, it's actually pretty incredible. Most people don't realize that lemons ... Read more » 1.6K 200   Is it true that Lear jets are particularly unforgiving, and the pilot can quickly find himself "behind the airplane"? Edward Chevrette, Retired professional pilot, author, Wings of Fortune • Answered December 3 As a former Learjet Pilot, I would like to take a quote from an article I wrote for General Aviation News. Flying The Learjet. "The Learjet is small compared to other trans... Read more » 1.7K 63   A child is continually flicking the back of your head from her airline seat for the first 30 minutes of your lengthy flight. You politely ask her parents if they can get her to stop. The finger flicking continues. What is your next move? Wendy Blake Dalton, Research Nurse OB/GYN at MetroHealth Medical Center (2004-present) • Answered December 30, 2019 Been there. On a 12 hour flight Detroit to Japan, Nicely asked the 12? year old to stop kicking the back of my seat and he just kicked harder. After asking nicely too many ... Read more » 1.1K 93   If I went to a Lamborghini dealer in a 2015 Corvette Stingray, dressed nice, and acted like I was serious to buy a car, would they let me test drive a Lamborghini or Ferrari? Chris Coleman, former Test Driver & Mechanic at Automotive Industry (2007-2008) • Answered November 23 I worked for BMW, Rolls-Royce, McLaren as well as Porsche and Audi. For extreme high-end supercars, like Lamborghini, Ferrari and Rolls-Royce, dealers almost never simply ha... Read more » 875 54   What screams "I never properly learned to program"? Nikolaj Lepka, Software Developer (2014-present) • Answered November 6 I remember one time when I was working a C# gig at a large consultancy, I ran into this gem: private bool IsCharDigit(char input) { switch (input)... Read more » 226 46   Does a cadet outrank enlisted? Warren P Clark • Answered April 25, 2021 We had a AF Academy cadet assigned to our office and I was in charge of finding stuff for him to do. Good guy. One day, he asked if he could run down to the base barber sho... Read more » 2.4K 144   Is the movie "The Fifth Element" terrible? Martin Turner, Author of 'The One Basic Plot' • Answered December 12 I once had a twenty minute argument with Michael Grade, the man who cancelled Doctor Who. In the process of it, I realised that what general audiences like, what science-fic... Read more » 842 149   What happens if the Democrats end up taking the House and Senate on November 2026 while Donald Trump is President, similar to a legislative branch we had 20 years ago from January 2007 - January 2009? James Keenley, studied History at Northwestern University • Answered December 5 If the Democrats win a majority of the seats in both the House and Senate in the November 2026 midterm elections, they wouldn't take their seats until January 2027. At that ... Read more » 1.6K 377 Read more in your feed

Never miss a story. Designed for readers on the go.

Missing out on Quora emails? Be sure to add us to your primary inbox. This email was sent by Quora (605 Castro Street, Mountain View, CA 94041). If you don't want to receive this type of email in the future, please unsubscribe. https://www.quora.com