Recent content by skiz

hey tim, thanks for the welcome! yeah its a mechanics course. Our first 6 months are split between "Classical Mechanics" and "Modern Physics/Relativity" i find modern physics and relativity really interesting and easy to grasp but classical mechanics is kicking my ass...

hmm i don't have david morin's book on mechanics.. any tips on how to go about deriving this? am i supposed to use the geometry of an ellipse? bah

help deriving this elliptical orbit equation?? Hi guys, this is my first post on these boards. just found out about this forum and I am really happy because i often find i need a place like this to ask questions and my prayers are answered! im a physics/computer science major in my second year...