Recent content by Roger Chase

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    Studying Class average for my physics mid-term was 8/30, Seriously

    The Lab component will help for the intuitive side for sure. Physics was born of natural, observable things that often can be reinforced with labwork and/or lab demonstrations.
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    Work done running on an inclined treadmill

    Awesome discussion! I work in the exercise equipment industry as a test engineer with a physics background and this topic comes up regularly for various pieces of equipment, one of which is the TM. The human body is actually pretty complex mechanically and we do see some surprising results...
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    How do living beings evolve in a universe with increasing entropy?

    Think of it as a contract with the Universe -> You can be alive i.e. living beings but as payment you have to increase the amount of entropy more than the constitute parts would by themselves.
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    B Why does light move at the speed it does

    It's actually the speed of cause and effect (causality). You can visualize this if you think about it from the changing E&M field view, that is, a changing Electric Field causes a changing Magnetic Field in the direction of propagation. That changing Magnetic Field in turn causes a changing...
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