It is surprisingly hard to say what a force really is but on a simple level we say that forces are either pushes or pulls. It would be better to label "pulls" as forces of attraction and "pushes" as forces of repulsion. Some forces have their effect when objects are in contact whereas others allow … Continue reading Contact and Non-Contact Forces
Electric fields
A field, in physics, is a region of space where one object can affect another object without the two objects touching each other. The most familiar fields are gravitational and magnetic but now we need to gain some understanding of electric fields and their shapes. Let's start with a quick recap of what we know … Continue reading Electric fields
