Opinion

Foucault's Pendulum

The narrator observed a pendulum in the choir, understanding its isochronal motion was governed by the wire's length and π. A magnetic device beneath the floor ensured its perpetual oscillation by ...
A basic pendulum is a mass at the end of a string that swings back and forth. It seems simple, and it appears in most introductory physics textbooks. But it's not a trivial problem to solve for the ...
Miami’s physics department may have gotten a new house last year, but it never really felt like home — until now. Missing was the department’s famed Foucault Pendulum. It couldn’t be moved from Culler ...
Pendulum simulation and visualization in Python physics. This video demonstrates how to model pendulum motion numerically and visualize the results to better understand oscillations, forces, and ...
This is the third in a series of periodic excerpts from Jim Flick's book "ON GOLF: Lessons from America's Master Teacher". Flick is the Dean of Instruction at ESPN Golf Schools. The first time I talk ...
Depending on your major, you may have caught it, and you might not have: suspended delicately by a thin wire a burnished bronzed ball roughly the size of a basketball swings slowly back and forth. Its ...