Derivatives: Crash Course Physics #2
CALCULUS! Today we take our first steps into the language of Physics; mathematics. Every branch of science has its own way to describe the things that it ...
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Every discipline of science has its very own special language -- the way it communicates the ideas that it investigates. For example, biology finds order in the world, by giving every living thing a name, in Latin. Chemistry has a system of prefixes, suffixes, and numerals to tell you, in a word or two, the exact composition of an atom, or a compound. But physics has to communicate its ideas differently. The language of physics, is mathematics. Because, if you’re trying to describe how the world works, you really have to know how things relate to each other in a mathematical way. For example, we've been talking a lot about position, velocity, and acceleration, and how they're all connected. Velocity is a measure of your change in position, and acceleration is a measure of your cha...
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Every discipline of science has its very own special language -- the way it communicates the ideas that it investigates. For example, biology finds order in the world, by giving every living thing a name, in Latin. Chemistry has a system of prefixes, suffixes, and numerals to tell you, in a word or two, the exact composition of an atom, or a compound. But physics has to communicate its ideas differently. The language of physics, is mathematics. Because, if you’re trying to describe how the world works, you really have to know how things relate to each other in a mathematical way. For example, we've been talking a lot about position, velocity, and acceleration, and how they're all connected. Velocity is a measure of your change in position, and acceleration is a measure of your cha...
