The Picard ManeuverM to [email protected] • 24 days agoSome things don't changelemmy.worldimagemessage-square223fedilinkarrow-up11.27K
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minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink17•24 days agoPhysics books are never outdated, you just discover better models that work in a wider range of conditions.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink3•24 days agoI’m just wondering who’s using a physics textbook from before the Industrial Revolution.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink8•24 days agoNewton’s book is from before the industrial revolution and widely used in physics today.
minus-squareFauxPseudo linkfedilink5•24 days agoNothing I do need to account for relativistic speeds or quantum mechanics so I could get by on Newtonian mechanics just fine. Most people could get by on Archimedes.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink1•24 days agoWe were taught highschool physics from a book published around 20 years before I was born
Physics books are never outdated, you just discover better models that work in a wider range of conditions.
I’m just wondering who’s using a physics textbook from before the Industrial Revolution.
Newton’s book is from before the industrial revolution and widely used in physics today.
Nothing I do need to account for relativistic speeds or quantum mechanics so I could get by on Newtonian mechanics just fine. Most people could get by on Archimedes.
We were taught highschool physics from a book published around 20 years before I was born