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minus-squaremuzzle@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkarrow-up18arrow-down2·3 months agoPhysics books are never outdated, you just discover better models that work in a wider range of conditions.
minus-squareZron@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up3·3 months agoI’m just wondering who’s using a physics textbook from before the Industrial Revolution.
minus-squarebstix@feddit.dklinkfedilinkarrow-up8·3 months agoNewton’s book is from before the industrial revolution and widely used in physics today.
minus-squareFauxPseudo @lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up5·3 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-squarespookex@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·3 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Physics books are never outdated, you just discover better models that work in a wider range of conditions.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.
Newton’s book is from before the industrial revolution and widely used in physics today.
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.
We were taught highschool physics from a book published around 20 years before I was born