The Hidden Rules of Motion
Like Duolingo, but for The Hidden Rules of Motion. Tomo turns the whole topic into a game you play five minutes a day, until it actually sticks.
For the part of you with thirty open tabs that never became anything.
A short one: 12 levels across 2 sections, about 24 minutes end to end, roughly 5 days at five minutes a day. It moves through The Mechanics of Daily Life and The Invisible Threads. It starts from scratch.
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Key ideas in The Hidden Rules of Motion
- Speed only describes the rate of motion
- Velocity includes the specific direction of travel
- Changing direction changes velocity even if speed remains constant
- Distinguishing between speed and velocity in a navigation context
- Slowing down (braking) is a change in velocity
- Changing direction (turning) is a change in velocity
- Acceleration is any change in the state of motion, not just speeding up
- Identifying various forms of physical acceleration
- Constant velocity feels identical to being at rest
- Forces are only felt during changes in motion (acceleration)
- Steady motion without bumps provides no internal sensory feedback
- Objects require an external force to stop or slow down
- Inertia is the tendency of objects to resist changes in motion
- Without friction or interference, an object's motion remains constant forever
- Understanding the physical equivalence of rest and constant motion
- Predicting object behavior based on inertia
You've tried the other tabs
Thirty open tabs. Four facts you actually kept.
You watched. You nodded. By Sunday it was gone.
One answer, then back to scrolling.
Eight weeks. You meant to finish. You didn't.
Tomo gives The Hidden Rules of Motion the Duolingo treatment: levels, streaks, and quick quizzes that test what you just learned. That game loop is what the tabs above never had, so it's the one you actually finish.
Here's what playing it feels like
A real question from this course. Take your best guess.
If a pilot reports they are flying at '500 mph due North,' what specific physical measurement are they describing?
Get it right to open this lesson and 11 more in the app.
Where The Hidden Rules of Motion takes you
Discover the invisible laws that govern everything from a falling apple to a speeding car. Learn to see the world through the eyes of a physicist by understanding how objects move, collide, and stay connected.
- 1
The Mechanics of Daily Life
- Moving with Purpose
- The Art of the Push and Pull
- 2
The Invisible Threads
- Energy: The Universe's Currency
- Gravity: The Great Connector
2 sections · 4 units · 12 levels. Built to play, not to enroll.
You pick the voice
The Hidden Rules of Motion is taught in the The Bestie style: your friend who just gets it. Want a different feel? In the app you can spin up the same topic in any of Tomo's teaching styles. Same facts, totally different vibe.
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