Classical Mechanics: Newton's Laws and Gravity
📌 Force equals mass times acceleration ($F=ma$); Force is a push or pull, mass is the amount of "stuff" (inertia), and acceleration is how fast velocity changes.
🍎 Newton discovered Universal Gravitation, where the force between two masses is proportional to their masses and inversely proportional to the square of the distance (Inverse-Square Law).
🔄 Planets orbit the Sun because the Sun's massive gravity acts as a centripetal force, constantly pulling planets toward the Sun, but their initial velocity causes them to "miss," creating an orbit.
⚖️ Mass is the amount of matter; Weight is the force of gravity acting on that mass, meaning your weight changes on the Moon, but your mass does not.

Energy, Work, and Thermodynamics
⚡ Energy is measured in Joules and is the capacity to do work; it cannot be created or destroyed, only converted (Conservation of Energy).
⬇️ When you drop a phone, gravitational potential energy converts into kinetic energy (energy of motion) until impact.
⚙️ Work is defined as Force applied over distance; lifting a 1-meter apple requires about 1 Joule of work, converting chemical energy into potential energy.
📈 Temperature is the average kinetic energy of atoms; higher temperature means faster atomic movement.
🎲 Entropy measures disorder or the number of possible states a system can be in; systems naturally trend toward higher entropy (greater disorder), which explains why energy conversion is never 100% efficient (e.g., burning gasoline creates high-entropy heat and gas).

Electromagnetism and Waves
⚡ Objects have positive or negative charge, and the flow of electrons is electric current.
🔗 Electromagnetism is described by fields: an electric charge creates an Electric Field ($E$), and moving magnets create electric fields (induction), while moving charges create magnetic fields.
📡 The acceleration of a charged particle creates an electromagnetic wave radiating outwards, which includes visible light and invisible forms like Bluetooth and wireless charging signals.
🛑 A key principle is that magnetic poles never exist alone (must have North and South), unlike electric charges.

Atomic Structure and Quantum Mechanics
⚛️ Atoms consist of a core (protons and neutrons, which are made of quarks) and electrons. Different numbers of protons define different elements.
☢️ Unstable isotopes decay, releasing ionizing radiation over a predictable period measured by half-life.
💡 Light travels at $299,792,458 \text{ m/s}$ in a vacuum and exhibits wave-like behavior (interference pattern in the double-slit experiment).
💥 Einstein's theory of relativity established that the speed of light is constant for all observers, which requires that time must be relative (time dilation).
📉 Mass and energy are equivalent ($E=mc^2$); Fission (splitting nuclei) and Fusion (combining nuclei) release immense energy due to mass defect.
🤯 Quantum Mechanics states that energy comes in discrete packets called Quanta. Electrons exist in a superposition (multiple states simultaneously) until measured.
🔭 Heisenberg’s Uncertainty Principle dictates you cannot know both the exact position and exact speed of a quantum particle simultaneously.

Key Points & Insights
➡️ To understand planetary movement, recognize that gravity acts as the centripetal force keeping planets in orbit despite their forward velocity.
➡️ Recognize that attempting a task that results in zero distance moved (like pushing an immovable object) equates to zero work done in physics, regardless of perceived effort.
➡️ The universal trend toward higher entropy means that lower-entropy energy forms (like concentrated fuel) are more useful for doing work than high-entropy forms (like dispersed heat).
➡️ The constant speed of light forces the conclusion that time is relative and that mass is a form of concentrated energy ($E=mc^2$).

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