Is Physics Understandable Without Math?

[Dots]

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G'day.

I only have a lay interest in physics - I don't math or anything - but I think I get the jist of it. It's weird, huh?

 

[jedishrfu]

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Sadly, without math you'll miss out so much nuance in the physics and will likely go astray in your understanding. This happens a lot to people who view popular science videos and read pop-sci books the concepts are cool but often the analogies they usa can only be taken so far.

The most famous example is the rubber sheet used to explain gravity.

 

[berkeman]

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G'day.

I only have a lay interest in physics - I don't math or anything - but I think I get the jist of it. It's weird, huh?

After reading your PF Profile page, it made me think of the famous astrophysicist Sir Brian May of the rock group Queen...

 

[PeroK]

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G'day.

I only have a lay interest in physics - I don't math or anything - but I think I get the jist of it. It's weird, huh?

As Roger Bacon (1220-1292) said nearly 800 years ago:

Whoever then has the effrontery to study physics while neglecting mathematics should know from the start that he will never make his entry through the portals of wisdom.