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minus-squaremuzzle@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkarrow-up18arrow-down2·9 months agoPhysics books are never outdated, you just discover better models that work in a wider range of conditions.
minus-squareZron@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up3·9 months agoI’m just wondering who’s using a physics textbook from before the Industrial Revolution.
minus-squareFauxPseudo @lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up5·9 months agoNothing I do need to account for relativistic speeds or quantum mechanics so I could get by on Newtonian mechanics just fine. Most people could get by on Archimedes.
minus-squarebstix@feddit.dklinkfedilinkarrow-up8·9 months agoNewton’s book is from before the industrial revolution and widely used in physics today.
minus-squarespookex@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·9 months agoWe were taught highschool physics from a book published around 20 years before I was born
Physics books are never outdated, you just discover better models that work in a wider range of conditions.
I’m just wondering who’s using a physics textbook from before the Industrial Revolution.
Nothing I do need to account for relativistic speeds or quantum mechanics so I could get by on Newtonian mechanics just fine. Most people could get by on Archimedes.
Newton’s book is from before the industrial revolution and widely used in physics today.
We were taught highschool physics from a book published around 20 years before I was born