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you seem to have an incredibly creative talent for guessing about science and talking some wonderfully garbled chat

A sarky put down. Take that back. :P

 

Hey, if you think that my definition is pants, then go and tell my old physics teacher this. It's how they explain the basic principles of Quantum Physics at A-level standard. Hardly my lack of 'guessing'.

 

A lot of people here mentioned the theories of physics, but they fail to mention quarks. Why is it not important ?

 

Again, I didn't want to look on the Net, cos I wanna participate in a discussion on my own merits, and not quoting this, or that. Where's the enjoyment of socialising if I can just google everything. :P

 

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and i'm aware that i didn't use the word quantum in my post - i am aware tho that if someone reads and digests my post, they will have an idea of what quantum physics concerns

Haha ! You just added this bit ! Does it mean that you are looking at your post now from bystander's viewpoint ? :P It is an essay about history of physics. :P

 

A chemist's viewpoint will emphasize and look at it from the particle point of view, whereas from the physics viewpoint, you would look at it from the electromagnetic viewpoint. i.e. wave.

 

I am a pure Chemist. :P

Hardly 'guesswork'. :rolleyes:

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A sarky put down. Take that back. :P

 

Hey, if you think that my definition is pants, then go and tell my old physics teacher this. It's how they explain the basic principles of Quantum Physics at A-level standard. Hardly my lack of 'guessing'.

 

A lot of people here mentioned the theories of physics, but they fail to mention quarks. Why is it not important ?

 

Again, I didn't want to look on the Net, cos I wanna participate in a discussion on my own merits, and not quoting this, or that. Where's the enjoyment of socialising if I can just google everything. :P

 

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Haha ! You just added this bit ! Does it mean that you are looking at your post now from bystander's viewpoint ? :P It is an essay about history of physics. :P

 

A chemist's viewpoint will emphasize and look at it from the particle point of view, whereas from the physics viewpoint, you would look at it from the electromagnetic viewpoint. i.e. wave.

 

I am a pure Chemist. :P

Hardly 'guesswork'. :rolleyes:

 

hey, sarky putdowns are one of my specialities! i can't take it back, i'm under oath to the british sarcasm society never to do such a thing

 

well i'm sure that some of the words u used would be used in the A'level explanation of quantum physics, but not in the order you used them in! lol

 

confused

 

socialising is great, that's one reason i come here - i enjoy posting with people i disagree wiv as much as those i agree wiv

 

but the poor fella wanted help understanding something, and while i applaude ur desire to get stuck in, to get involved, your explanation didn't help him, as it was garbled

 

yeah i do edit my posts - that's wot the edit button's for!

 

if you call that an essay on the history of physics, thank you, but i don't think that it warrants that compliment

 

the earlier part of my post was to put into context the later part

 

to illustrate how what a newtonian view is and how it relates to the more recently developed models

 

ur missing the point when u talk about looking at the subject from physics or chemistry viewpoints - we're talking about a bigger picture here

 

i see why you try to relate the particle perspective to chemistry, and on a practical level that's correct, but deep down they are entirely interlinked subjects - particle/quantum physics is in some ways the study of the building blocks of chemistry

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to illustrate how what a newtonian view is and how it relates to the more recently developed models

The guy did ask for a 'basic' idea, and understanding, so why throw him in the deep end ? :loopy:

 

I did write that I am unsure of new 'theories', however, you cannot disregard that the term 'quarks' are used to describe the sub-particles which makes a nucleus.

 

I am aware that there are plenty and plenty of mathematical equations, and theorum to describe new areas and development within this area. However, you can only go by the old science books, until these ideas or theories are disproven.

 

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but the poor fella wanted help understanding something, and while i applaude ur desire to get stuck in, to get involved, your explanation didn't help him, as it was garbled

You're talking out of your bum ! How do you know my explaination did not help him ? Why don't you let him decide on this ? Unless you say that my explaination won't help him in YOUR opinion. :rolleyes:

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The guy did ask for a 'basic' idea, and understanding, so why throw him in the deep end ? :loopy:

 

I did write that I am unsure of new 'theories', however, you cannot disregard that the term 'quarks' are used to describe the sub-particles which makes a nucleus.

 

I am aware that there are plenty and plenty of mathematical equations, and theorum to describe new areas and development within this area. However, you can only go by the old science books, until these ideas or theoies are disproven.

 

lol the newtonian worldview is pretty much the most basic view, it's the shallow end, so i started there

 

yes, very true, the term quarks is used to describe sub atomic particles

 

our understanding of physics has become more in depth over the years - as i described it, it's not so much been a question of disproving ideas, but refining them

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You're talking out of your bum ! How do you know my explaination did not help him ? Why don't you let him decide on this ? Unless you say that my explaination won't help him in YOUR opinion. :rolleyes:

 

lol cos ur explanation sounded like it came outta ur bum!

 

it didn't say much of substance at all, but waffled like a drunken wino

 

like so many of my posts :headbang:

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Oh bog off. :P

 

If someone ask they don't understand something, then of course you start with the basic, and build on top of it, and get more indepth. Quoting scientific terms which the reader may not even have an understanding of means you may lose their attention. If you don't understand the building blocks, then how can you understand the buildings that you're looking at ? :rolleyes:

 

There. :P :P

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Oh bog off. :P

 

If someone ask they don't understand something, then of course you start with the basic, and build on top of it, and get more indepth. Quoting scientific terms which the reader may not even have an understanding of means you may lose their attention. If you don't understand the building blocks, then how can you understand the buildings that you're looking at ? :rolleyes:

 

There. :P :P

 

exactly - which is why i started at the most basic and worked up the way

 

attempting to explain the terms as i went, to enable a reader to understand

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