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Thanks for your response and hopefully I can explain a bit better what it is I want to "do" with physics. I am a teacher so I have no intention of ever really doing anything with physics other than just understanding it. When i was getting my undergrad in philosophy one of my classes was...

I just had a quick question. I went to school for philosophy and education and took very little physics in college but i have always been interested in it. I have read a few books on different subjects within physics that were written for non-physicists. Those books were good in giving a basic...

I signed up to ask a question which I'll ask in another thread but this caught my attention so I feel the need to respond. The OP says that there is no physics in the American elementary through high school education system. I am a fourth grade teacher in Chicago Public Schools (by FAR not one...