User talk:MaizeAndBlue86

Hello, if you have any questions about my posts feel free to ask them here!--MaizeAndBlue86 (talk) 23:47, 27 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks for the note. This looks harder than I can handle in a predictable time, but I will try to understand the argument. I am not very expert on either GR or relativistic quantum field theory, so the prospects are maybe not very good. Previously I have only vaguely understood the Planck length as that point where QM & GR come into conflict (meaning we need a new theory), not as implying any real limit on the continuum. Now I must think hard about why that happens. Best, Bill Wwheaton (talk) 14:54, 2 March 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Could you send me a document explaining why everything is a wave and virtual particles. I kinda get the jist of it but I don't have a quantum mechanics text book. I am a lowly high school frosh that is extremely interested in astronomy. Also explain any complex math, I haven't even taken calculus yet :-)11341134a (talk) 01:51, 14 March 2008 (UTC) (from the black hole discussion page)[reply]

Oh boy, that's a tall order there. What you're asking is to summarize a century-and-a-half of physics. And if you don't know calculus then you probably won't understand any of it, but I can give you very watered down explanations of things.

• Light is a particle (photon)
• A lot of those particles can superimpose themselves on each other and make a wave
• Hence, light is a particle-wave
• Mass also is a particle-wave

Any questions? Lol, don't expect to understand it until you've taken 4 semesters of college-level calculus, and 4 more semesters of physics. Math is very very important, for without it we could not describe the physics of our universe. So stay awake in math class, and learn it if you want to learn physics.--MaizeAndBlue86 (talk) 02:12, 14 March 2008 (UTC)[reply]

However, if you have more specific questions pertaining to QM then I would be glad to answer. Just don't ask me to summarize all of physics. That's like asking to summarize the entire encyclopedia! In time you will learn how everything fits together and that starts by just pondering why. If you need guidance to your thinking, by all means ask an expert. But make sure your questions are specific and show that you've put some thought into it yourself. So feel free to post your questions here, and I'll do my best to answer them.--MaizeAndBlue86 (talk) 20:42, 14 March 2008 (UTC)[reply]

I finally have a specific question! Could you reccomend me a good physics textbook or better yet a basic quantum mechanics textbook. I like puzzling things out through theory but I've hit a wall and I need to start to understand the math before I can get around it. Any help you can give would be greatly appreciated. Post any reccomendations on my talk page, thanks!11341134a (talk) 19:28, 16 March 2008 (UTC)[reply]

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