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Composers such as Chopin often wrote "etudes" (lessons) to prepare musicians for their bigger, harder works. Nowadays we listen to these as music for entertainment, was this always the way - and did these lessons have an audience and how were they received at the time of their writing?

368 upvotes • r/AskHistorians

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[WP] Humanity meets The Beings: They are to humans what humans are to dogs. (Superhuman Theme)

9 upvotes • r/WritingPrompts

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In war flicks (eg Dambusters) you see planes flying through endless machine-gun fire, getting shot down Was it that hard to shoot down a plane? And is it still that hard?

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Now we can measure fundamental particles, why can't we measure pi?

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How are microwaves (from satellites / phones) different from microwaves (that cook my food)? Can I cook my food from space?

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Is it theoretically possible that there is a point within the sphere of existence after the big bang that no molecule, atom or quark has ever passed through?

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You know when you film a tv and it regresses into infinity, or record a mic and it produces feedback- is it possible to do that biologically with eyes and ears and what would happen?

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What is the weak force and strong force in relation to quantum physics?

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Composers such as Chopin often wrote "etudes" (lessons) to prepare musicians for their bigger, harder works. Nowadays we listen to these as music for entertainment, was this always the way - and did these lessons have an audience and how were they received at the time of their writing?	368	AskHistorians
[WP] Humanity meets The Beings: They are to humans what humans are to dogs. (Superhuman Theme)	9	WritingPrompts
In war flicks (eg Dambusters) you see planes flying through endless machine-gun fire, getting shot down Was it that hard to shoot down a plane? And is it still that hard?	7	AskHistorians
Now we can measure fundamental particles, why can't we measure pi?	1	askscience
How are microwaves (from satellites / phones) different from microwaves (that cook my food)? Can I cook my food from space?	1	askscience
Is it theoretically possible that there is a point within the sphere of existence after the big bang that no molecule, atom or quark has ever passed through?	1	askscience
You know when you film a tv and it regresses into infinity, or record a mic and it produces feedback- is it possible to do that biologically with eyes and ears and what would happen?	1	askscience
What is the weak force and strong force in relation to quantum physics?	1	askscience