Nudge something away from where it was at rest, and often it will push back. And then overshoot. From atoms to bridges to wheeled luggage, much of the world is in simple harmonic motion Yesterday my ...

Miami’s physics department may have gotten a new house last year, but it never really felt like home — until now. Missing was the department’s famed Foucault Pendulum. It couldn’t be moved from Culler ...

This video presents a full Lagrangian analysis of a pendulum attached to a moving cart. You’ll learn how to choose generalized coordinates, construct the Lagrangian, and derive the coupled equations ...