Recent content by shirvanshah

Hm... Is it really that simple? Well, it seems I get it now, thank you very much :D

Yes, but still I don't quite understand why the force of the Moon's gravitational pull on the side farthest from the moon is directed, as it seems, away from the moon, and not towards the moon and towards the Earth's center. It seems to me that on the side farthest from the Moon the force of the...

Hi! When it comes to physics, I'm a total layperson (so, please, be kind ;-)), I actually study English, but recently my interest in physics has been growing more and more. So, yesterday I started watching the first of Feynman's Cornell University lectures. And that led me to the question: why...