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physics

[fiz-iks] / ˈfɪz ɪks /


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While at the University of California, Berkeley, pursuing a doctorate in theoretical physics, he started taking computer science courses out of curiosity.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 16, 2026

Scientists can now investigate phenomena linked to high-energy physics and astrophysics, including black-hole thermodynamics and entanglement entropy scaling, within a laboratory setting.

From Science Daily • Apr. 15, 2026

“Women have a different trajectory in how the disease will progress,” said Mukesh Dhamala, the study’s senior author and a professor of physics and neuroscience at Georgia State.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 13, 2026

Many of them "pass themselves off as experts in science and physics because it's somehow more believable to their followers than just going with 'the official story.'"

From Barron's • Apr. 11, 2026

It also leads many other music traditions to prefer tunings other than equal temperament, particularly tunings in which some of the important intervals are based on the pure, simple-ratio intervals of physics.

From "Understanding Basic Music Theory" by Catherine Schmidt-Jones and Russel Jones




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