Collisions and Friction

A 950Kg car (Fiat) heading West colluded with another 1350Kg car heading North.After the collision, the vehicles moved in a 37° direction with the EW-axis. The braking marks are 6m long. The friction coefficient is 0.6. Did the cars exceed the speed limit (75mph)?...

Electric versus fuel cars

Is eletric cars really more enviromentally firendly than fuel cars?Assume 8-10 pages of text, plus any illos/graphics/links. For your topic, look for the most comprehensivefootprints you can. At least try for the embedded footprints of manufacturing (are the materials...

Scientific Writing

Find a current (within the past 10 days) news article in some popular media (newspaper, magazine, etc). The topic of the news article should be physics related, but does not need to be physics that we have already discussed. After reading the article, address the...

20th Century War and Space Science

Define the main components of the “New Physics.” What was its significance? https://www.c-span.org/video/?326962-1/richard-paul-steven-moss-we-fail https://www.c-span.org/video/?284634-1/almost-astronauts-thirteen-women-dared-dream Respond to the Forum question(s) of...

Physics discussion

Reflect on our modern world and how the study of physics has impacted it. You can write about modern technologies like wireless communication (think texting, calling, wifi, etc.) , computational devices (computers, laptops, phones, etc), imaging techniques that are...

Traveling beyond our solar system.

Unlike in the movies, traveling beyond our solar system is incredibly difficult and challenging. Discuss the following regarding interstellar space travel: What are some of the technological challenges we face in traveling to the stars? What fundamental laws of...