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Article: Physicists Uncover New Solution for Cosmic Collisions.
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- January 10, 2008
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M2 PRESSWIRE-10 January 2008-Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute: Physicists Uncover New Solution for Cosmic Collisions(C)1994-2008 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD
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Troy, N.Y. -- It turns out that our math teachers were right: being able to solve problems without a calculator does come in handy in the "real" world. Two theoretical physicists at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute have used what they call "pen-and-paper math" to describe the motion of interstellar shock waves -- violent events associated with the birth of stars and planets.
The findings, published recently in the Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, could provide ...