Recent content by rjurga

Thank you so much. It will take some time to skim through and see which ones I like best, but some already look like pretty much what I want!

For torques: You can compute torques about any point you wish. Given that freedom, you should pick the point that will lead to the easiest computations. In particular, if a force is acting at a point, and you compute torques about that same point, that force will not contribute a torque because...

I don't own undergraduate textbooks. I'm looking for a single one that works well as a reference or a refresher for various basic topics. Specifically, I'm thinking of a textbook that I could pick up when I forget some detail in an elementary topic and quickly check it out. So I don't mean one...

Hello. After getting my PhD (quantum plasmonics) I moved to industry (artificial intelligence for robotics). It's been a couple of years during which I have done no physics. Lately I'm getting back into it as a hobby. I'm mostly on my own, so I'm registering here to add some social element to...