Longtime surfer and Vietnam veteran Ron Boord wanted to commit suicide by cop. Despondent because of a back injury that kept him from hitting the waves and tired of the mental torture he suffered from ...

A force is a push or a pull that acts on an object due to the interaction with another object. Force is measured in newtons (N). Forces are divided into contact forces and non-contact forces. A force ...

This post has been sitting in my mind for quite some time. Really, it is about mechanics - not about pendulums. What is the goal in mechanics (classical mechanics, if you like)? Generally, it is to ...