Foundations & frontiers
Start here. What physics is really about, the open frontier of the field, and the first force puzzle that opens the door to mechanics.
Physics can feel like a wall of equations, so this short track steps back to ask what the subject is actually for: finding the simplest rules that predict how the world behaves, from falling apples to distant galaxies.
It then looks at the frontier, the questions still open today, before turning to a deceptively simple puzzle: what holds a still object still? That question about balanced forces is the seed of everything in mechanics.
What you will learn:
- What physics studies and how it works
- The open frontier of modern physics
- Balanced forces: what holds a still ship still