These are the notes I wrote for a course I taught to second-year undergraduate students at the University of York in the 2023/2024 academic year. This course was, in a way, an experiment: can we cover a lot of ground at a relatively high level without young university students freaking…
It would have been impossible for me to understand anything about this problem without Roland Grappin’s benevolent and enthusiastic help, thank you!
This exercise benefited from the kind review of the Spacetrain™ engineering team. Thanks to them! Out of respect for them and for the sake of honesty, I must therefore warn that they do not agree with the assumption used in question 4 (constant Q).Indeed, the height h of the train…
It goes without saying that taking a physicist’s smoky model for financial advice would be foolish.
Formulas are beautiful relationships between physical things and spending time with them can be a pleasant and deep experience. If you pay attention.
Having a template for solving physics exercises should allow you to avoid the panicky feeling that comes with the question “Where do I start?”
