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The Great Physics Trade Deal

The Great Physics Trade Deal
The infamous rocket equation derivation - where you sacrifice precious hours of your existence to calculate how fast a water bottle could theoretically yeet itself into space. The equation (Δv = v e ln(m 0 /m f )) might look innocent, but it's secretly a soul-crushing rite of passage that physics professors inflict upon unsuspecting sophomores. The "PTP1 WS25 Blatt2" is just professor code for "welcome to your weekend of pain." Honestly, trading 5 hours for just the maximum velocity and height of a plastic bottle feels like the academic equivalent of selling your kidney for a sandwich.

From F=ma To WTF: The Physics Evolution

From F=ma To WTF: The Physics Evolution
The infamous transition from Physics 1 to Physics 2 hits like a truck! One minute you're confidently calculating trajectories with buff Doge energy, all "F=ma" and predictable outcomes. The next you're wimpy Doge surrounded by probability clouds, wondering if Schrödinger's cat is judging your confusion. Classical physics: "Here's a formula, apply it, get exact answer, feel smart." Quantum physics: "Well yes, but actually no. The particle is everywhere and nowhere until you look at it, maybe, depending on its wave function, which collapses unless it doesn't, and everything is simultaneously certain and uncertain." Your brain on quantum mechanics is basically just a superposition of understanding and complete bewilderment. Welcome to Physics 2, where even Einstein threw up his hands and said "God doesn't play dice" (spoiler alert: turns out the universe totally does).