Rhett Allain posted this article on Wired on the 5 physics equation that "everyone" should know. They are, in the order that was presented:
- Newton's 2nd Law of motion
- The wave equation
- Maxwell's equations (he cheated a bit because this is a set of 4 equations)
- Schrodinger's equation (natch!)
- Einsten's energy-mass equivalence equation
You can read the article to see what he has to say about each. I'm going to show this article to my students and see what they think, or maybe ask the how many of these do they think we will encounter in the course.
Zz.
