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by RMohan
Sat Jul 14, 2007 4:38 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Newbie Question
Replies: 8
Views: 12685

Newbie Question

((running behind, trying to keep up....)) I noted in the earlier post a reference to a noneuclidean polar system. Has Larson's work been recast/extended to a projective geometry context? That would be fascinating. Speaking purely 'poetically'; and not physically, the projective interpretation of inf...
by RMohan
Sat Jul 14, 2007 4:30 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Newbie Question
Replies: 8
Views: 12685

Newbie Question

Bruce, Before I read this carefully, as I will shortly, I do want to say "thank you!" for a very provocative and thorough answer! Ross bperet (email removed) wrote: Quote: RMohan wrote: Has anyone written anything like "Larson For Dummies", where I can get a strategic overview of...
by RMohan
Sat Jul 14, 2007 12:56 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Newbie Question
Replies: 8
Views: 12685

Newbie Question

<t>Folks,<br/> <br/> I am a list newbie, and a rank novice with the work of Larson. His theories<br/> <br/> make my head hurt, and I admire his logic, his breadth of application,<br/> <br/> his elegant writing and his careful scholarship greatly.<br/> <br/> I have had some years of physics in gettin...
by RMohan
Sat Jul 14, 2007 9:02 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Newbie Question
Replies: 8
Views: 12685

Force and Force Fields

Thanks Mike! I understand that Carver Mead's "Collective Electrodynamics" arrives at a similar result, saying there's nothing wrong with a "ten meter" electron passing through matter, given the right conditions. Keep 'em coming....I love keeping my 'physics' hat on, and have lear...