In 1687, Sir Isaac Newton published his groundbreaking book, Mathematical Principles of Natural Philosophy, which described his three laws of motion. In the process, Newton laid the foundation for ...

I saw it again. This time it was an introduction to an interesting online look at introductory physics. I was excited---but then, I wasn't so excited. Right there in the first video they talked about ...

Fighting the ebb and flow of motivation can be one of the hardest battles an entrepreneurial millennial can face. Growing up in the age of startup culture, our schedules have gotten busier. Since ...

Segment 3A: Newton’s Laws Overview Newton's three laws of motion. Segment 3A: Newton’s Laws Overview We introduce Newton's three laws of motion as we explore what causes objects to move.

Several years back, I had the pleasure of watching Dan Cobley’s TED Talk, “What physics taught me about marketing.” In this talk, Cobley illustrates how physics and the scientific method can be ...

Today, we celebrate the birthday of one of the most important human beings to walk the face of the Earth. On this day, in 1642, Sir Isaac Newton was born. He would be 371. Newton was a physicist and ...

In 1685, Sir Isaac Newton — a genius physicist with long, curly, white hair — set out to mathematically prove how planets moved through space and revolved around the sun. Over a period of 18 months, ...

The standard telescope of Newton's time, the refracting telescope, was not ideal. Its glass lenses focused the different colors inherent in light at different distances. This resulted, at the edges of ...