I’ve memorized the formulas, but when I read the problems, I don’t know which ones to use.”When you feel that way in ...

I get excited by the following description.Compared to the equation of motion, the reason why the precision of the approximation must be increased by one order when discussing in terms of energy co ...

Lowry Kirkby reviews The Theoretical Minimum: What You Need to Know to Start Doing Physics by Leonard Susskind and George Hrabovsky Thirst for physics: Leonard Susskind's popular series of lectures ...

One of the most fundamental equations in physics, Newton’s Second Law of Motion, was formulated by Sir Isaac Newton in 1687. It states that the force () acting on an object is equal to its mass () ...

Exploring a simple model for river motion reveals how bends shrink, grow, and sometimes migrate upstream. Bent out of shape. Small bends in a river tend to straighten out, whereas larger ones keep ...

Shini Somara introduces us to the ideas of motion in a straight line. In this, THE FIRST EPISODE of Crash Course Physics, your host Dr. Shini Somara introduces us to the ideas of motion in a straight ...

The currents of the oceans, the roiling surface of the sun, and the clouds of smoke billowing off a forest fire—all are governed by the same laws of physics and give rise to a complex phenomenon known ...

In It Must Be Beautiful: Great Equations of Modern Science, Graham Farmelo assembled and edited essays on 11 great equations of the 20th century. Six are from physics: E = hf, E = mc 2, Einstein’s ...