Welcome

Starting with a discussion about Sensation

• This wiki starts from the premise that we can understand physics by describing what we see, hear and feel. This is not a radical proposition. A central concept in science is that all evidence must be empirical.
• The description starts in the plain English you might read in a newspaper. Specialized terms are defined as we go along. This applies even to common terms that have a special meaning in physics; words like mass, length and time (okay, this part is unconventional).
• This wiki is accessible to the adventurous lay reader. The level of mathematics used is mostly simple algebra. Calculus is not required.

We take a Journey

• This is a wiki of exploration. It is a work in progress where you are invited to participate.
• The journey is not for the intellectually timid. We will have to critically review some old assumptions.
• It will also be necessary to consider some philosophical points that rarely show up in physics textbooks. (Sorry for any discomfort to readers with a physics background.)

To some very interesting Destinations including

• The underpinnings of Newtonian mechanics.
• Thermodynamics.
• Some patterns that have been observed in nuclear particle data. (The truly adventurous might like to peek ahead here.)

Hello en Onthaal aan Lander.

This wiki is brought to you by NJ Hunter and TB Cave (pictured), with special thanks to Michał Frąckowiak and the Wikidot Team.

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