The Laws of the Universe
Like Duolingo, but for The Laws of the Universe. Tomo turns the whole topic into a game you play five minutes a day, until it actually sticks.
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Key ideas in The Laws of the Universe
- An object can be at rest relative to one observer while in motion relative to another
- Speed only measures how fast an object moves
- A frame of reference is the 'point of view' used to judge motion
- Velocity must include both the rate of motion and the direction of travel
- The Earth itself is a moving frame of reference, though we often treat it as stationary
- Changing direction changes velocity even if the speed stays the same
- The concept that motion and stillness depend on the observer's frame of reference
- Distinguishing velocity from speed by including direction
- Acceleration is any change in velocity
- Frame of reference
- Slowing down is acceleration
- Turning is acceleration
- Velocity vs Speed
- Gravity accelerates all objects equally
- Air resistance
- Mass and free-fall
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You watched. You nodded. By Sunday it was gone.
One answer, then back to scrolling.
Eight weeks. You meant to finish. You didn't.
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Where The Laws of the Universe takes you
Discover the mathematical elegance and physical laws that govern everything from falling apples to distant galaxies. Learn to calculate the forces of nature and see the world through the eyes of history's greatest thinkers.
- 1
The Mechanics of Motion
- Describing How Things Move
- Force and Newton’s Laws
- 2
Energy and the Universal Currency
- Work and Kinetic Energy
- Potential Energy and Conservation
- 3
Gravity and Celestial Paths
- The Law of Universal Gravitation
- Orbits and Circular Motion
- 4
The Invisible Forces
- Electricity and Static Fields
- Circuits and Current Flow
- Magnetism and Induction
- 5
Waves and Thermodynamics
- The Physics of Waves
- Heat and Entropy
- 6
Modern Foundations
- Relativity and Spacetime
- The Quantum World
6 sections · 13 units · 40 levels. Built to play, not to enroll.
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