X2

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X2 (2010)                                        back to mamwad
X2-068 (2010/05/28) pdf The fastest and slowest living creatures

X2-067 (2010/04/30) pdf Quantum mechanics and Iran, I: old quantum mechanics

X2-066 (2010/02/27) pdf Turning off LEDs to save electricity?

X2-065 (2010/01/29) pdf Melting temperature versus pressure


X2 (2009)                                        back to mamwad
X2-064 (2009/11/28) pdf Rotation of stars

X2-063 (2009/10/29) pdf The speed of propagation of the electric field, and the speed of charges

X2-062 (2009/08/27) pdf Maximum of the speed in running

X2-061 (2009/07/30) pdf Sharpness of phase transition

X2-060 (2009/05/30) pdf Escaping the gravitational field

X2-059 (2009/04/24) pdf Relativity and Iran

X2-058 (2009/02/27) pdf Energy released in an earthquake

X2-057 (2009/01/22) pdf Tunneling probability for electron and proton


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X2-056 (2008/11/30) pdf Adiabatic, isothermal, and evanescent sound

X2-055 (2008/10/31) pdf Surface tension in the nucleus

X2-054 (2008/08/29) pdf Thermodynamics and Iran, III: 
                        Statistical mechanics

X2-053 (2008/07/28) pdf Moon's halo, and water droplets

X2-052 (2008/05/31) pdf The electric field of the earth

X2-051 (2008/04/29) pdf The energy of rain

X2-050 (2008/02/29) pdf Are green leaves optimum for photosynthesis?

X2-049 (2008/01/31) pdf Density of elements


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X2-048 (2007/11/09) pdf Energy saving: turning off a lamp, 
                        or changing it

X2-047 (2007/10/13) pdf Energy released in the collision of 
                        a heavenly body with the earth

X2-046 (2007/08/10) pdf Thermodynamics and Iran, II: 
                        Clausius and Kelvin

X2-045 (2007/07/11) pdf Development and the price of goods

X2-044 (2007/05/31) pdf Multi-question quiz

X2-043 (2007/04/29) pdf Changing scales versus time

X2-042 (2007/02/28) pdf Sound and the amplitude of the 
                        displacement of the air molecules

X2-041 (2007/01/19) pdf Are all chemical reactions incomplete?


X2 (2006)                                        back to mamwad
X2-040 (2006/11/24) pdf Desalination of water: 
                        reverse osmosis versus distillation

X2-039 (2006/10/12) pdf Power consumption in the world, 
                        and the water of the oceans

X2-038 (2006/08/04) pdf Thermodynamics and Iran, I: 
                        Rumford, Carnot, and Joule

X2-037 (2006/07/06) pdf Old cars and fuel consumption

X2-036 (2006/05/19) pdf The magnetic fields of planets and stars

X2-035 (2006/04/02) pdf Windows and energy consumption

X2-034 (2006/02/24) pdf Elecetromagnetics and Iran, III: 
                        electrodynamics

X2-033 (2006/01/06) pdf Why there are no very-large animals
                        on the earth?


X2 (2005)                                        back to mamwad
X2-032 (2005/11/25) pdf The nucleons and the photons of the universe

X2-031 (2005/10/07) pdf The eye, the photographic film, 
                        and the digital camera

X2-030 (2005/08/31) pdf Swimming in heavy water

X2-029 (2005/07/27) pdf The power of the stars

X2-028 (2005/05/27) pdf Chemical energy, nuclear energy

X2-027 (2005/04/26) pdf The power a human needs to survive

X2-026 (2005/02/28) pdf Molecular distances and energies, 
                        and the bulk modulus

X2-025 (2005/01/15) pdf Elecetromagnetics and Iran, II: 
                        magnetostatics


X2 (2004)                                        back to mamwad
X2-024 (2004/11/12) pdf The tidal effect of the Moon on the Earth, 
                        and the change of the sidereal day

X2-023 (2004/10/15) pdf Water wasted due to faulty faucets in Tehran

X2-022 (2004/08/25) pdf Complexity of the living organisms and galaxies

X2-021 (2004/07/31) pdf Solar energy, and the world's energy consumption

X2-020 (2004/05/08) pdf Elecetromagnetics and Iran, I: 
                        the electrostatics of Coulomb and Poisson

X2-019 (2004/04/10) pdf Density of the universe at different scales

X2-018 (2004/02/14) pdf The carbon dioxide emmited by human into the atmosphere

X2-017 (2004/01/12) pdf Global warming, and the rise of ocean levels


X2 (2003)                                        back to mamwad
X2-016 (2003/12/13) pdf Galileo and the Leaning Tower of Pisa

X2-015 (2003/10/31) pdf The number of the nucleons of the observable universe

X2-014 (2003/09/24) pdf The gravitational radiation

X2-013 (2003/07/28) pdf The surface tension, and the latent heat of evaporation

X2-012 (2003/06/20) pdf The resolving power of the eye, and the heavenly bodies

X2-011 (2003/04/29) pdf Birth of the new science and Iran, III: 
                        from Lagrange to Hamilton

X2-010 (2003/03/21) pdf Cloud, rain, hailstone

X2-009 (2003/01/31) pdf The nearest neighbor of the Earth (after the Moon)


X2 (2002)                                        back to mamwad
X2-008 (2002/12/25) pdf Birth of the new science and Iran, II: 
                        Newton

X2-007 (2002/10/22) pdf Birth of the new science and Iran, I: 
                        from Kopernik to Galileo

X2-006 (2002/08/06) pdf The history of the oblateness of the earth

X2-005 (2002/07/14) pdf The lightning

X2-004 (2002/05/20) pdf Birth of the matrix mechanics in the second half of 1925

X2-003 (2002/04/09) pdf Heisenberg, Born, and Pauli

X2-002 (2002/02/22) pdf Power consumption per capita, and production per capita

X2-001 (2002/01/06) pdf The industrial revolution in terms of the spinning machine