Introductory physics

Introduction The Time Machine and the Sound of Thunder are both science fiction stories. Their central plots are about Time Travel. Compare and contrast these two stories. This assessment has asked me to compare and contrast the stories of The Time Machine by H.G. Wells and The Sound of Thunder by Ray Bradbury. In this assignment the differences in language and characters will be compared and contrasted. The genre of the short story will be contrasted with the short novel. The different ways the…

greatest thinkers of the seventeenth and eighteenth century. He was known as the last "universal genius," who made insightful and important contributions to the fields of metaphysics, epistemology, logic, philosophy of religion, as well as mathematics, physics, geology, and history. One of the significant renaissance men of western thoughts. As an inventive and noble philosopher, Leibniz is appointed with developing the philosophical reasoning of optimism. It is permissible to speak of…

Physics: Analogy of Light and Sound Light and sound share many common aspects. Today, we will study some of notable similarities and differences between the two. We can perceive both light and sound. We see through eyes and hear through ears. Both light and sound are waves. Light is an electromagnetic wave whereas sound is a mechanical wave. Light is created by interaction of electric and magnetic field. It does not require any medium for propagation, so it can propagate in free space. On the…

Gravitational theory is a theory that states any two particles attract each other with a force that is equal to the product of the two masses. Before Newton, the views on gravity and the motion of the planets, were quite different. Aristotle believed the universe never had a beginning and would never end; he believed it was eternal. Kepler’s view on gravity and motion was that the planets orbited around the sun and orbits faster the closer it becomes to the sun. Galileo believed if something…

Dystopia and utopia. Two sides of the same coin showing a science fiction setting of two extreme points. Each person has their own vision of utopia. In the nineteenth century, mankind believed in the perfectibility of humankind and in the real possibility of an ultimate utopia, a perfect society”. A time when everybody could live in perfect peace. But, the events of the twentieth century have defiled that idea. These two extremes of speculative fiction have always provided a stark contrast…

hard math problems during my middle school years, understanding Binomial Theorem saved me a lot of time and work to obtain the correct answer. Furthermore, learning Calculus enabled me to solve higher level of physics problems and helped me generate interests toward electromagnetic physics. Second, in his time period, the discovery of “the Law of Universal Gravitation” would be viewed as a contradictory and wrong statement instead of a correct fascinating new sight. He himself claimed that his…

“Some areas of knowledge seek to describe the world, whereas others seek to transform it.” Explore this claim with reference to two areas of knowledge. An Area of Knowledge aims to describe (expressing or noting knowledge) or to transform (change or modify completely) the world, which refers to the planet Earth and all the biotic and abiotic factors in it. This is an assumption that is embedded in the title and it triggers the question; can’t they seek to do both? Description and transformation…

I actively avoided were some of the harder science ones like Chemistry or Biology. I also did not go to the Health Science tables. This event made me very excited about the PPE Major. I went to the “What’s in a Major” events for Computer Science, Physics, and PPE. I did not go to Engineering because it was not yet on my radar. The Computer Science advisor was very nice and made me very excited about Computer Science. She especially liked pointing out the combined majors and the possibility of…

Within The Character of Physical Law, Dr. Feynman details the characteristics of nature. He describes nature as being incredibly complex, pointing to examples such as the orbits of the planets around the sun and tidal movement. Yet, he is able to describe nature as being simple. For a potential reader this can be confusing, as something cannot simultaneously be simple and complex. It is through the understanding and the application of logic that Feynman connects simple ideas to larger and more…

Solids, Liquids, and Gases Solid, Liquids, and Gases are very interesting types of states of matter; however, they are distinct from one another. As already mentioned in class before, matter is everything that takes up space and its right to say that the space that is taken by matter is or a solid or a liquid or a gas. That can prove to us that this three states of matter are essential in this world we know. A solid is a sample of matter that retains its shape and density when…