How Do You Learn Classical Mechanics (Physics)?
• Understand the motion. (very very important). Go on reading the problem step by step until you understand every thing that is going on in the situation. Mechanics is all about study of motion. So visualize the motion. • NEVER blindly apply formulas. While learning any formula in physics you must keep in mind two things: where to apply the formula and where it cannot be applied AND how on earth we got the stupid formula. • Eg: The formulas of elastic and inelastic collisions are applicable only for free bodies. Momentum is conserved only if INTERNAL forces are acting. Potential Energy is defined only for conservative forces.Work done=Change in Kinetic Energy…. to name a few. • Everything you will study in classical mechanics HAS to follow Newton’s laws, so, if you are confused at a situation, try applying Newton’s laws to know what forces are being applied where and there effects. • Try simplifying the situation as much as you can. Try changing reference frames. But at the end the p
