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David Bailey
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I am a retired experimental particle physicist. As a Professor I particularly enjoyed teaching advanced undergraduate labs for physics and engineering physics students.

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Is the global temperature of the earth a physical quantity at all?
Sep 15, 2023
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What kind of projection is that?
Jan 20
8
Why does Earth's atmosphere have a whiter color near the horizon?
Dec 14, 2022
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What determines rock temperature inside mountains?
Jan 26
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What is the loudest thunder ever recorded (dB) at ground level and where did it occur?
Oct 16, 2023
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Oxbow lake, but not completely cut off from the river
Mar 15, 2023
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The sun sometimes appears pure white after rainfall, how can this be explained?
Dec 24, 2022
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Why is there gold in the earth's crust?
Oct 26, 2022
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How much water is the atmosphere receiving
Nov 12, 2022
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Where does this refractive index formula come from: $n_{1} = n - 1 = \frac{77.6P}{T} 10^{-6}$
Oct 17, 2022
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Why does CNN's ‘gravity hole’ in the Indian Ocean dip the sea level instead of raising it?
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What is the smell after quartz is rubbed together?
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Is the speed of Earth's spinning constant over a given 24 hours?
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Can the temperature of a body become lower than the temperature of the surrounding air?
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What are the chances of finding an element in the outer solar system that otherwise can't be found on earth?