Interactive Physics Catalog

Kinematics

Newton's First Law

An object remains at rest or in uniform motion unless acted upon by an external force.

Visualizing inertia (object at rest).

Newton's Second Law

F = ma (Force equals mass times acceleration)

Visualizing force and acceleration.

Newton's Third Law

For every action, there is an equal and opposite reaction.

Visualizing action and reaction.

Electrodynamics

Ohm's Law

V = IR (Voltage equals current times resistance)

Visualizing current flow.

Coulomb's Law

F = k(q₁q₂)/r² (Electrostatic force between two charged particles)

Visualizing electrostatic forces.

Kirchhoff's Circuit Laws

The sum of currents entering a junction equals the sum of currents leaving it, and the sum of voltage drops in a closed loop equals zero.

Visualizing current and voltage in circuits.

Magnetism

Faraday's Law of Induction

EMF = -dΦ/dt (The induced electromotive force in a closed circuit is proportional to the rate of change of magnetic flux through the circuit.)

Visualizing electromagnetic induction.

Biot-Savart Law

dB = (μ₀/4π) * (Idl × r̂)/r² (Describes the magnetic field generated by a current-carrying wire.)

Visualizing magnetic fields around a wire.

Relativity

Einstein's Mass-Energy Equivalence

E = mc² (Energy equals mass times the speed of light squared)

Visualizing energy-mass relationship.

General Theory of Relativity

Gravity is the curvature of spacetime caused by mass and energy.

Visualizing spacetime curvature.

Fluids

Archimedes' Principle

Buoyant force on an object is equal to the weight of the fluid displaced by the object.

Visualizing buoyant force.

Bernoulli's Principle

In a fluid flow, an increase in velocity occurs simultaneously with a decrease in pressure or potential energy.

Visualizing fluid flow and pressure.

Quantum Mechanics

Planck's Law

E = hf (Energy of a photon is proportional to its frequency.)

Visualizing photon energy.

Heisenberg's Uncertainty Principle

ΔxΔp ≥ ħ/2 (The position and momentum of a particle cannot both be precisely determined at the same time.)

Visualizing uncertainty.