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Need some help, physics degree [duplicate]
Ok, so I am currently finishing my physical science ASS Of Arts transfer= computer science or physics BA currently and am taking a break to learn all I can before I go back and finish. Physics has ...
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Getting started with Landau Physics course [closed]
I want to learn Physics in my own time. I am an electrical engineer, working in the same field and am tremendously interested in Physics. I have heard a lot about the 10 book series of Landau ...
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Goldstein's Classical Mechanics exercises solutions [duplicate]
Does anyone know where I can find some (good) solution of Goldstein's book Classical Mechanics?
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Can a student with a heavy math background start learning physics with Goldstein's “Classical Mechanics”? [duplicate]
Can a student with a heavy math background start learning physics with Goldstein's "Classical Mechanics"?
Or is the book too obtuse with basic physics that I need to start elsewhere?
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Why quantum mechanics?
Imagine you're teaching a first course on quantum mechanics in which your students are well-versed in classical mechanics, but have never seen any quantum before. How would you motivate the subject ...
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Best physics toys/models for learning [closed]
I'm trying to gather as many different physical or generally thought-provoking toys as possible.
I need to know what physics toys are out there, and where to get them.
I remember coming across an ...
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Real world examples for projectile thrown upwards or downwards
I am preparing a physics course for high school about projectile motions. If a projectile moves with initial velocity $v_0$ in the gravitational field of the earth, the equation
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s(t) = 1/2 g t^2 ...
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Some questions about the logics of the principles of independence of motion and composition of motion
In high-school level textbooks* one encounters often the principles of independence of motion and that of composition (or superpositions) of motions. In this context this is used as "independence of ...
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Applications of recoil principle in classical physics
Are there any interesting, important or (for the non physicist) astonishing examples where the recoil principle (as special case of conservation of linear momentum) is applied beside rockets and guns?
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Difference between momentum and kinetic energy
From a mathematical point of view it seems to be clear what's the difference between momentum and $mv$ and kinetic energy $\frac{1}{2} m v^2$. Now my problem is the following: Suppose you want to ...
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Simulation of physics of chains/ropes in force fields resources?
I'm thinking about a project to tackle, and I'd like to make a simulation that allows the user to define a rope or chain of length L, pin it at arbitrary points r1, r2.... etc. and draw the resulting ...
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Phenomena which are incorrectly declared as resonance phenomena?
In standard college physics text books, high-school books and popular level physics books, the collapse of the Tacoma Narrows Bridge is often taken as an example of resonance. However a more detailed ...
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How can I measure the mass of the earth at home?
How can I measure the mass of the earth at home?
How was the mass of the earth first measured?
