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Those comments are scathing, they read like a post doc talking to an undergrad about their problem sheet! "Equation (9) actually applies only to a perfectly co
by tehwalrus 13y ago
Those comments are scathing, they read like a post doc talking to an undergrad about their problem sheet!
"Equation (9) actually applies only to a perfectly conducting sphere and has been known for over 100 years..."
- ISL 13y agoIf an incorrect paper makes it into PRL, and someone is really sure, then there's blood in the water, and the sharks can be merciless. I haven't read the papers, so I can't comment except to say that, just as Physics can let you be really right about something in nature, if you're not correct, sometimes you can be really wrong.