User talk:Albester

Welcome to Wikipedia Albester. I saw that you added quite a bit of information to the Pinwheel Galaxy. I hope you'll contribute further to astronomical articles on Wikipedia. Thanks and keep up the good work.--Kalsermar 20:53, 27 April 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Kalsermar thank you for your kind words of encouragement. You are correct, I am new to Wikipedia, and I feel humbled to be allowed to make my own little contributions here and there! Albester 12:10, 28 April 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Light pollution adjustments

No problem -- thanks for adding the comprehensive section in the first place. I'd hardly call what you wrote "horribly phrased". I just thought it might help for the article flow to adjust the intro slightly. (Hope you don't mind.) Izogi 07:59, 1 May 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Quantum mechanics

Secondly, feel free to improve any and all articles you may come across in Wikipedia, including Quantum mechanics. Don't let whether or not it's a FA deter you from improving it. If it loses FA status and you then improve it to FA status again, it will again become a FA. However, the point about POVs in Physics is not as simple as you say. The mathematical and theoretical parts are not always neatly laid down gardens, so debates are eternally ongoing, even on established theories such as Special relativity. Even in Physics, there is no objective truth (yes, I'm an antirealist/subjective realist). That is why things should be sourced.

As for interpretations of Quantum Mechanics, these come at many levels. At one level, almost everyone accepts the statistical interpretation. But at another level of interpretations, there's a slew of competing ones such as the Copenhagen, many-worlds, consistent histories, environmental decoherence, pilot wave and others. But at the level of detail required in a Wikipedia article, I think all relevant information can sourced from textbooks like Shankar and Sakurai. Best of luck working on the article. Incidentally, are you a professional physicist? Loom91 09:04, 16 May 2006 (UTC)[reply]

I think I can be considered one, I recently graduated in theoretical physics and am working on my PhD now. Of course you are correct about the POV. What I meant is that its the mathematical basis that should be the starting point of everything, the common ground everyone agrees on (I'm talking 'conventional' physics of course, not cutting edge where nothing is certain). The rest is merely interpretation, that is not to say that is not important, but rather when a certain interpretation as broad as Born's statistical one or the Copenhagen interpretation, how must I source it? A reference to the original article in which Born or Bohr put forth their interpretations is very nice I think.

My approach to physics articles is to put the physics to the fore as best as possible, and then follow up on the various interpretations, if any, and explain them. In any case, my primary concern was with correcting factual inaccuracies and I will do so :) Albester 11:20, 16 May 2006 (UTC)[reply]

ever tried

To buy nitric acid is not to easy and the nitration reactions always produce loads of NO2, the product is than dinitro toluene not TNT and the last step is even harder. 100g are possible but several kg would need a lot of work. But with Acetonperoxide its a lot easier.--Stone 15:43, 16 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Its hard to come by, true enough. But my point was that any individual preserevant enough can ultimately manage with commonly available apparatus. After all, to aquire pure HNO3 one only needs a distilling setup. I believe you are correct that in the first nitration stage a mix of MNT and DNT are produced, but these can be seperated to repeat the process.

Fusion Design reference

Claude thanks for the extensive reference. I had previously read a final summary of the results of JET, but this will hopefully broaden my knowledge. Best regards, Albester 15:42, 16 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

No problem. I was thinking of adding this report as a reference in the ITER article and possibly others like Nuclear fusion and/or Nuclear Power and/or Fusion power. What do you think? ClaudeSB 16:10, 16 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

You are free to do so, and I would recommend it as well. There seems to be some misunderstanding on various parts like the feasibility and prospects of a working fusion reactor. In light of this a reference from relevant professional literature is very welcome indeed! Albester 17:03, 16 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

"Holocaust"

Hi Albester; "Holocaust" is a proper noun, and as such, takes a capital letter. -- The Anome 11:26, 24 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Tornado and citations

I don't know if you are familiar with citations, but the numbered links within an article lead to more information about the previous points. In the case of the claim that northwestern Europe is a global "tornado hot spot", see the citation for that one, an encyclopedia brittanica article (or click here). More info on this topic is also available at The Tornado Project and the TORRO FAQ page.

On a side note, from what I can tell through my own research, England and the Netherlands are first and second in tornadoes per land area. Runningonbrains 14:09, 26 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

sky brightness graph

Albester, where did u get the sky brightness graph from? i'm trying to recreate it for different atmospheres. Any help would be much appreciated. Thanks.

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