Mai

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Date registered: August 7, 2011
URL: http://pmaitruong.com

Latest posts

  1. KaKi Playlist August 2012 — August 27, 2012
  2. KaKi Midyear Playlist 2012 — June 23, 2012
  3. KaKi Playlist December 2011 — May 23, 2012
  4. KaKi Playlist August 2011 — May 23, 2012
  5. KaKi Playlist July 2011 — May 22, 2012

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  1. KaKi Playlist August 2012 — 5 comments
  2. KaKi Midyear Playlist 2012 — 1 comment
  3. Bookmarks — 1 comment

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KaKi Playlist March 2011

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This post is a translation of the second part in a series of music reviews by my best friend Vũ Lâm Đại (Ki) and his friend Syka Lê Vy (Ka) on their Facebook accounts. Original review in Vietnamese by Vu Lam Dai, English translation by Mai. _______________________________________________________________ Instruction: turn UP the volume. Link to Youtube …

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KaKi Playlist February 2011

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This post is a loose translation of the first part in a series of music reviews by my best friend Vũ Lâm Đại (Ki) and his friend Syka Lê Vy (Ka) on their Facebook accounts. Original review in Vietnamese by Vu Lam Dai, English translation by Mai. _______________________________________________________________ One beautiful day. Ki and Ka, one …

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Diversity consideration in college admission and how un-academic it is

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USA Today had an interesting article on the Asian applicants’ response to the discrimination towards Asian in the college admission process. Summary of the article: Asians are held to much higher standards than other ethnic groups in the admission process, and the top schools that don’t consider ethnicity in their review have a much higher …

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Other resources for physics

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Computational Python Boot Camp Cosmology – Andrew Wetzel’s list of insightful papers – The Collection of Cosmology on the Beach lectures: 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012 – Carlton Baugh’s note on Correlation Function and Power Spectra in Cosmology – Dodelson, Modern Cosmology: comprehensive, comprehensible, and succinct content – Wayne Hu’s note on Transfer function – Kolb …

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Graduate classes

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Quantum Mechanics – Prof. Robert Littlejohn Lecture notes, homework & solutions of Physics 221 Quantum Field Theory – Prof. Hitoshi Murayama Notes: Intro to QFT: Classical Schrödinger field, Review of canonical quantization, Quantized Schrödinger field, Fermions Spin Statistical Mechanics of Bosons Clifford Algebra and Spin (N) Representations Contour Integral Hydrogen Atom and Relativistic Corrections: H …

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Physics 7B (UC Berkeley)

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Physics for Scientists and Engineer Thermodynamics & Electromagnetism Workbook: Physics 7B Workbook 2007 Revisions by Austin Hedeman University of California, Berkeley Physics Department Notes Thermodynamics: Carnot cycle Summary on Electromagnetism ——————————————————————— Solutions to selected problems in the Workbook Thermodynamics: T1 Solutions T2 Solutions T3 Solutions T4 Solutions T5 Solutions T6 Solutions T7 Solutions TS1 Solutions …

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Physics 8B (UC Berkeley)

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Semester: Summer 2012 Section 109 – DIS TR 10-12 – 111 LeConte LAB MW 10-12 – 205 LeConte Mai’s office hour: Tuesday 12-2 pm – 101 LeConte Notes: I. Basic Electricity & Magnetism Right Hand Rule (applicable to both Electricity and Magnetism) Summary on Chapter 20 and 21 Electrostatics Biot-Savart Law Magnetic force between 2 …

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How to make your audience pay attention to your conference talk

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With the increasing reliance on computer technology, speakers at any conference these days get fewer blank innocent stares from the audience and a free diverse display of laptop lids. On an average morning talk at the SLAC Summer Institute, one could count about 80-100 people in the audience, roughly 20-25% of them either have their laptops …

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Parents, hands off!

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I’m all for protective parents. I haven’t met any parents who try to shelter their kids more than my parents. It’s good to know that you always have someone to turn to, someone who will offer advice when you argue with your friends, or when you feel like you’re a total loser with classes. But, …

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Yes, you need history

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Rant. Physics majors (and so are other majors at A&M) are required to take two History classes and two Political classes (all specified, no doodling around here). The normal track is to take them one at a time each semester, so HIST 105 the first semester, HIST 106 the second, you get the idea. After …

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