weird@sub.wetshaving.social to memes@lemmy.world · 5 months agoThis is the hardest concept to understand in physicssub.wetshaving.socialimagemessage-square102fedilinkarrow-up1710arrow-down16
arrow-up1704arrow-down1imageThis is the hardest concept to understand in physicssub.wetshaving.socialweird@sub.wetshaving.social to memes@lemmy.world · 5 months agomessage-square102fedilink
minus-squareUnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up70·5 months agoImagine a mathematical concept that approximates a particle across a spherical plane. Now imagine a force emitted from this sphere in a field. Okay, we’re ready to talk about why this is wrong, too.
minus-squareTomMasz@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up17·5 months agoThere’s no analogy for any of this that doesn’t have some flaw.
minus-squareSaharaMaleikuhm@feddit.orglinkfedilinkarrow-up8·5 months agoYou lost me at ‘spherical plane’
minus-squareSippyCup@feddit.nllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·5 months agoA hollow sphere. You could picture this as a spherical cow of uniform density if you prefer.
minus-squarepotoooooooo ☑️@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·5 months agoA big, red bouncy ball.
Imagine a mathematical concept that approximates a particle across a spherical plane. Now imagine a force emitted from this sphere in a field. Okay, we’re ready to talk about why this is wrong, too.
There’s no analogy for any of this that doesn’t have some flaw.
You lost me at ‘spherical plane’
A hollow sphere.
You could picture this as a spherical cow of uniform density if you prefer.
A circle?
A big, red bouncy ball.
Cow.
Definitely a cow.
No, cows are spherical.