Re: an electron question

chantal wrote:
> Jim Black wrote:
> > chantal wrote:
> > > HI,
> > >
> > > I read that a stationary electron has oscillating contraction and
> > > relaxation. What does it mean?
> > >
> > > chan
> >
> > It means that a person who used to call himself Cinquirer likes to read
> > blatant nonsense by crackpots and bother us with it here, all the while
> > posing as a perfectly reasonable person who isn't out to prove that his
> > favorite brand of quack medicine is supported by exotic physics.
>
> Chicago Inquirer? quack? what? You must be replying to the wrong
> thread dude.

Not one of us is fooled by this. Your behavior is the same as always,
and your IP still traces to the Philippines.

> The book is called "Deep Down Things: The Breathtaking Beauty of
> Particle Physics"
>
> http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/080187971X/qid=1136897841/sr=8-1/ref=pd_bbs_1/102-4709705-5570525?n=507846&s=books&v=glance
>
> It is not crap.

If it made you think the electron has an "oscillating contraction and
relaxation," then obviously it is crap. Many "popular science" books
are crap.

> It's a good pre-requisite to Griffth "Introduction to
> Elementary Particles".

It most certainly is not. If you want to understand that, you'll want
to be reading actual textbooks.

This is a good list of books:
http://math.ucr.edu/home/baez/books.html

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