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Einstein’s Dreams by Alan Lightman

This book asks the questions what would Einstein’s dreams be like leading up to the publishing of the Theory of Relativity. Lightman is kind enough to give us quite a few short stories that are written...

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Using the Rules of Physics to Find the Mass of the Planet Crouching Tiger,...

The clip that is referenced is near the end of the movie after the two female characters fight at the school, and runs for about 2 -3 minutes. It doesn’t take any physics experience to realize that...

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Aesopian Fable for Modern Times

The First Law of Thermodynamics is: “Energy cannot be created or destroyed; it may be transformed form one form into another, but the total amount of energy never changes.” This law can be translated...

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Units in Physics (mechanical, electricity, magnetism, light and optics)...

This is a reference list with notes of all SI and derived units in physics. The notes provide a brief explanation of some of the more confusing elements, but be warned that the full explanation could...

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Calculus Based Physics Formulas: Mechanics

This is just a basic equation list, explanations can be found elsewhere. For the most part derivations are done for you, but it is beneficial to understand how an equation goes from one form to...

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Water balloon not exploding in high-speed

I am so totally stealing this video from Talk Like a Physicist, but it is worth it and I promise I won’t do it again. I really don’t have anything intelligent to add except: COOL!

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