Recent content by drymetal

Would these be a terrible investment? http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/physics-i-for-dummies-steven-holzner/1100256760?ean=9780470903247&itm=3&usri=physics+for+dummies...

It's too bad I can't just sign up for physics classes with no intention of a degree. Well, apparently I have a whole lot to read. I wonder if they have any Dummies books for physics. : ) I'll start reading all that. -and apparently relearning a lot of math. Cause most of that looks like...

What if two planets were like 20 feet apart and I was floating equally in-between them. Would I not see any shifting? Do I have to memorize and learn these equations on these pages to learn how Gravitational redshift works? So, to make sure I'm following this. Redshift and Blueshift are...

Thank you Naty1. I'll start reading those. I posted here because often on forums - they'll redirect you if there is a post even remotely similar to what you want to know. So I'll create new topics if I have any questions from what you wrote and what I'm about to read. Thanks!

Blame it on Woodstock. Can I ask a stupid question? Actually two of them? First off, I'm not a physicists. I write php code for a living and that is the boring reality my life is. Just so you know why my questions are stupid. :) I was reading about gravitational time dilation - (as an...

I don't understand. Is there just a regular formula with x's and y's and all those happy letters that does this? You know, where I can just plug the numbers in. The formula above I forgot how I came up with it. The answer isn't as important to me as understanding it. Not that I don't...

I talk to people a lot about the power in investing their money. I've always relied on Excel to figure out things though and I'm getting sick of it. So I figured there was a way to do it simpler with math than making gigantic lists that detailed every month and year a person invests money...