mechanics
Dot Physics
Tag archives for mechanics
Physics Textbook
Posted by Rhett Allain on February 5, 2010
(6)
The following is a collection of some of my posts that can be put into a simple and quick textbook-type thingy. I am not really sure you would call this a textbook, but maybe you would. This does not include everything you would normally find in a traditional textbook, but clearly it is not traditional.…
Mechanics an Example of the Pendulum
Posted by Rhett Allain on December 4, 2009 This post has been sitting in my mind for quite some time. Really, it is about mechanics – not about pendulums. What is the goal in mechanics (classical mechanics, if you like)? Generally, it is to find out how something changes over time. If you could get an equation of motion, that would do it.…