What Physicist Must know about Bitcoins

What Are Bitcoins? How Do Bitcoins Work? Bitcoin – the initial virtual banking currency of the internet – has existed for several years now and many people have questions about them. Where do they come from? Are they legal? Where can you get them? Why did they split into Bitcoin and Bitcoin Cash? Here are the basics you need to know. Cryptocurrency Defined Cryptocurrencies are just lines of computer code that hold monetary...

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Graduate Study in the US: Guide for International Students

Graduate Study in the US: Guide for International Students topuniversities.com/where-to-study/north-america/united-states/graduate-study-us-guide-international-students 11/1/2016 This article is adapted from the QS Top Grad School Guide 2016-2017, available to read online here. The planet’s third-largest country by both area and population, the US is a world leader across pretty much every sphere of human activity – business, technology,...

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Who the hell is Elon Musk?

Who the hell is Elon Musk? 5/11/2015 What do you mean, you've never heard of Elon Musk? While the youthful face of this South African-born Canadian-American (owner of one of the most deceptive accents on the planet) might not be as recognisable as the likes of Steve Jobs or Bill Gates, Musk is the closest thing we've got to a real life Tony Stark (director Jon Favreau even said Musk served as a benchmark for the Iron Man movies). With...

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