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*Sigh* It’s been a while since I last posted, because I’ve been really busy with school, and the NSCS (http://www.uh.edu/nscs/). Who would have thought that being a webmaster for a student organization entailed so much work? I look forward to being able to dedicate myself to finishing the site after this week, when I get back from the SACNAS conference. Speaking of which, I still haven’t done the poster for yet, which I need to have ready and printed by Wednesday night. Hopefully, I can find someone that can do same day, or second day printing, and optimally lamination, all for cheap.
I’ve decided to start studying advanced physics again, because I’m trying to understand quantum computation. I bought a book on it which doesn’t seem to require that I learn much of the theory, but that just piqued my interest, so I bought a book on quantum theory, started to read it, and was lost before they even got to the quantum theory! Specifically, I’m having trouble following the example they give as a motivation for the development of quantum theory; the failure of classical physical theory in deriving the Raleigh-Jean law for explaining black body radiation. So, I’m going to start reading up. If I ever get the time.
Possibly relevant posts:
- Physical phenomena (10/30/2006)
- Mr. delta says (11/16/2005)
- Quick UpDate (1/28/2003)