Today we continue on our journey of understanding motion, direction, and velocity. Continuing in our journey of understanding motion, direction, and velocity... today, Shini introduces the ideas of ...

Students learn to distinguish between scalar and vector quantities. Introduction to Vectors: Students learn to distinguish between scalar and vector quantities and how to state the magnitude and ...

I'm currently in the middle of a summer section of introductory physics - the algebra based version. I've come to the realization that perhaps we expect too much from the students. My typical summary ...

In the July issue of Physics World there is a thought-provoking article by the philosopher Robert P Crease in which he argues that athletes know the laws of “physics”, rather than “know” the laws of ...

Physics and Python stuff. Most of the videos here are either adapted from class lectures or solving physics problems. I ...

You don’t have to know how a car engine works to drive a car — but you can bet all the drivers in the Indy 500 have a better than average understanding of what’s going on under the hood. All of our ...

The three men will share a 9-million kronor ($918,000) award. Three scientists have won the 2019 Nobel Prize in Physics for their work on understanding "Earth's place in the cosmos" and the evolution ...