Physics in English

An attempt by a lay person to understand post-classical physics with very little use of math. I think a lot of us understand Newtonian physics without much help from math. I am not against math, I just also want to look for metaphors and analogies in English that will help us to better understand Einstein and after. PLEASE TRY TO IMPROVE THE WORDS BELOW! ANSWER THE QUESTIONS! CORRECT THE MISUNDERSTANDINGS!

16 May 2009

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Added 5 16 2009 in the midst of reading the invisible century The impression of being pulled up in the elevator at a constant velocity is id...
23 July 2008

WHY THE ORBITS OF PLANETS ARE ELLIPTICAL?

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This description ignores the relatively negligible gravitational effects of other planets (because of mass) and stars (because of distance)....
28 June 2008

the first question

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The premise is that heat and light are both transmitted by electromagnetic waves. Or is it that light is transmitted by photons and heat is ...
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