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**Michael Press** · May 4th 09, 10:04 AM posted to rec.bicycles.misc,rec.bicycles.tech

In article ,
(Tom Keats) wrote:

In article ,
Michael Press writes:

I think wet newspaper pages are stuck together by
air pressure and maybe a li'l static electricity
largely introduced by foreign material and dust on
the paper. But I'm probably wrong about that, too.
It would be nice to know what's really going on.

Electrical forces are what constitute the London and
van der Waals forces previously mentioned. To know
what is really going on do a year of physics; a year
of chemistry; a year of electrodynamics; a year of
thermodynamics and statistical physics---alternatively
a year of physical chemistry; and a couple years of
calculus. MIT puts all their courses complete with
problem sets on the web.

Maybe one of these days I'll get a round tuit.
Just need a refresher for the Math (funny, how
quickly that stuff falls outa one's brain when
you don't use it every day.) As for the rest,
I'd just need the books & info. Screw the
accreditation.

All that studying could really put a hurt onto
one's riding time.

So, thank you for your kind patience and
willingness to help people understand stuff.

You are welcome.

--
Michael Press