In January I wrote a piece titled “ 5 Physics Equations Everyone Should Know .” Lots of you weighed in with your own ...

Jam Handy Film. "Get Going" is an educational film that explains acceleration and motion using a mix of animation, real-world examples, and scientific principles. It begins with a cartoon of a sleepy ...

A red and a blue snooker ball both have a mass of 160 g. They collide with speeds and directions as shown in this diagram. The following steps show you how to calculate the velocity of the red ball ...

Pictured here is a a spinning top. If you throw the top out and simultaneously pull on the string, the top spins. And you get to see this top spend a lot of time balancing on the sharp tip. (I have ...

This series of short explainer films with Professor Brian Cox comprises six clips focused on forces, speed and motion. Each clip uses simple terms and concrete examples to explain deep concepts that ...

The Irish mathematician and physicist William Rowan Hamilton, who was born 220 years ago last month, is famous for carving some mathematical graffiti into Dublin's Broome Bridge in 1843.