This has always puzzled me and nobody (professors, textbooks) ever seemed to elaborate on it (maybe it is very simple and I merely didn't catch on).
Anyway, I understand that when a wave passes through a medium, the individual particles of the medium are briefly displaced from their...
I am new to this forum, so forgive me if this question has already been asked. Also forgive me if this is a seemingly simple question, as I am just now starting my undergrad and am relatively new to a lot of physics topics.
I understand that it is generally considered that anything with an...