The Physics of moving Onwards
[From the portolan notes of an ancient ♫Portuguese navigator.] The laws of Newtonian Mechanics were discovered by the serendipity of a genius, drawing on work by a few predecessors. While Galileo...
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Angular momentum is one of the coolest things in classical mechanics. It affects how ice skaters spin; why you can ride a bicycle; why spinning tops don’t fall; why gyroscopes allow for guidance in...
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