Einstein’s Special Theory of Relativity (STR) is broadly misunderstood by the public. In most popular science books, relativity theory is hailed for introducing relativity to physics. Whereas ...
The methods of analyzing space, time and motion described in the previous several lectures are called kinematics. Galileo rightly deserves much of the credit for developing these methods. [Although ...
You say there is no such thing as “centrifugal force” (1 March, p 47). Yes, there is – in the right frame of reference. There is, of course, no centrifugal force in an inertial frame of reference (in ...