That Subject That Makes Me All Grouchy

[ase]

Fruits of my frustration: four physics icons. If you like, comment, credit and enjoy.

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Warning: that's Baby's First Table up there. If something is broken, please comment on the fact so I can fix it. The lack of border is deliberate, though possibly less aesthetic than I thought. Thanks!

I'm running out of tricks for studying physics. Reading and doing the sample problems (wrong, usually) is taking too long for the return I'm getting. Am I past the equation flashcard stage?

Also, dear Serenity soundtrack, you may now exit my brain. It is time for something - anything - else. Because you aren't even released until tomorrow. Just because that movie's about the only thing I can bank my geek cred on this month doesn't give you the right to inhabit my brain for multiple days running.

Comments

[herewiss13.livejournal.com]

With physics it's all about the equations. They're like a toolbox. If one doesn't work, try applying another.

Identify which variables you have, which you're looking for and, with an established toolbox, you'll soon see which equation will take what you have and spit out what you need.


...and looking back at that advice, it sounds incredibly pretentious...but that still how it worked for me.

*shrug*

[ase.livejournal.com]

...and looking back at that advice, it sounds incredibly pretentious...

Icon material!

It's actually not bad advice. If you throw enough equations at a problem, it will be solved. The goal, though, is not to throw every equation into the mix, but to find the least number needed to solve the problem and move on.

My physics hate is insane. I hate the lecture and lab (but discussion is almost okay - everyone's about equally clueless), but I understand that the material is fundamental to pretty much every other science. So I'm in this weird place where I'm spending something like 12(? 14?) hours a week working with this subject that makes me unlpeasant. I want this course to be over.

[mareklamo.livejournal.com]

Something that might also help is to list everything you know from the problem, as well as what you're trying to solve for. Something like:

Given: F=9.8N, m=10kg, etc.
Find: acceleration in meters/per second squared

That way you'll know what you can plug into your equations, and the units can give you a clue too.