Doing physics is messy and being a physicist is even more complicated. Today, every physicist faces a complex reality of human and systemic factors when pursuing research: grant deadlines, peer-review ...

Insights on work and energy drawn from a 1935 physics textbook. See how classic physics explains fundamental concepts like work, energy transfer, and conservation using clear, timeless examples that ...

For decades scientists have been trying to solve Feynman's Sprinkler Problem: How does a sprinkler running in reverse—in which the water flows into the device rather than out of it—work? Through a ...