This post has been sitting in my mind for quite some time. Really, it is about mechanics - not about pendulums. What is the goal in mechanics (classical mechanics, if you like)? Generally, it is to ...

Vol. 14, No. 3/4, 1985 Conference on Artificial Intelligence and Education (MAY 1986), pp. 339-355 (17 pages) Instructional Science promotes a deeper understanding of the nature, theory, and practice ...

Why does Newtonian mechanics not apply in the quantum realm? originally appeared on Quora: the knowledge sharing network where compelling questions are answered by people with unique insights. Answer ...

Russian-American mathematician and Wolf Prize laureate Yakov Eliashberg delivered a public talk at IIT Madras on Thursday, as part of the inaugural annual TNQ Distinguished Lecture in Mathematics. The ...

THE general theory of relativity has now been before the scientific world for some twenty years, and the special theory considerably longer. Fifteen or sixteen years ago, the theory may be said to ...