Newton single handedly brought about a new era in our understanding of the physical world, through his famous equation F = ma and the law of gravity. These laws successfully predict the behavior of all phenomena from the microscopic world to the astronomical world! Ofcourse, Einstien changed things once again but that was only after about 4 centuries. Solving Irodov dramatically helped me understand the power, elegance, simplicity and beauty of Physics. Hopefully you will enjoy the journey too.
Friday, May 9, 2008
Irodov Problem 1.150
The center of mass of the system will act as if it were a point particle with mass m1+m2 with an initial velocity of subject to the gravitational force g. Thus, at any give time its velocity will be given by,
subject to the gravitational force g. Thus, at any give time its velocity will be given by,
No comments:
Post a Comment