Tutorial Eight: How things move (Part 3)
Tutorials six and seven introduced the translation transformation, also called the Newtonian equation. The Newtonian equation, which forms the foundation of classical mechanics […]
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Tutorial Seven: How things move (Part 2)
Imagine you attend the matinee and evening performances of the same play. At the matinee performance, the role of the King is […]
Imagine Tomorrow! Faster–than–light communication
Last week, I saw a good friend whom I haven’t seen for a while. He asked: If Einstein is wrong, what does […]
Tutorial Six: How things move (Part 1)
One of the most interesting aspects of physics is that it helps to describe how things move. This characteristic builds upon a […]
Tutorial Five: How Einstein finds an average
Now that you’ve been introduced to averages and Doppler equations, let’s combine these two ideas. This will also give us an opportunity to start […]
Tutorial Four: Trains and the Doppler effect
The Doppler effect (also called Doppler shift) is one of the most widely–observed phenomena associated with moving objects. In fact, we often […]
Tutorial Three: Averages… Part 2!
Averages are extremely powerful mathematical tools. In the previous tutorial, you were introduced to the addition mean equation, which is used to find the […]
Tutorial One: Different ways of saying the same thing
You say the word math and one group of people jumps for joy, while another group of people wants to run for […]