Cargo Cult Science
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Cargo Cult Science – Electromagnetic Harmonics and Heterodynes
The process that produces electromagnetic wave harmonics and heterodynes are assumed to be well understood. The textbook definitions of these terms are being tagged herein as cargo cult science because they are incomplete. The effects these term describe occur when electromagnetic waves, singularly or in combination, interact within a non-linear medium. The textbook descriptions of these terms ...
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: European Review
سال: 2013
ISSN: 1062-7987,1474-0575
DOI: 10.1017/s1062798713000124