FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS ON SCI.PHYSICS - Part 1/2
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Index of Subjects
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 1.*An Introduction to the Physics Newsgroups on USENET
 2. Gravitational Radiation
 3. Energy Conservation in Cosmology and Red Shift
 4. Effects Due to the Finite Speed of Light
 5. The Top Quark
 6. Tachyons
 7. Special Relativistic Paradoxes and Puzzles
    (a) The Barn and the Pole
    (b) The Twin Paradox
    (c) The Superluminal Scissors
 8. The Particle Zoo
 9. Olbers' Paradox
10. What is Dark Matter?
11. Hot Water Freezes Faster than Cold!
12. Why are Golf Balls Dimpled?
13. How to Change Nuclear Decay Rates
14. Some Frequently Asked Questions About Black Holes
15. Below Absolute Zero - What Does Negative Temperature Mean?
16. Which Way Will my Bathtub Drain?
17. Why do Mirrors Reverse Left and Right?
18. What is the Mass of a Photon?
19. Why Do Stars Twinkle While Planets Do Not?
20. Baryogenesis - Why Are There More Protons Than Antiprotons?
21. Time Travel - Fact or Fiction?
22. The Nobel Prize for Physics
23.*Open Questions
24. Accessing and Using Online Physics Resources