Physics Laboratory
in Mechanics

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At last, you will be able to understand the science of Physics as discovered by famous scientists such as Newton, Galileo, and Joule. Physics Laboratory in Mechanics is a program that uses a hands-on experimental approach to teach the concepts of mechanics. Each topic area has a beginner, intermediate, and advanced level problem. A laboratory notebook describes each experiment and allows the user to simulate the experiment with the computer. The experiment can also be performed by using everyday objects found around the home. This approach will spark the user's interest in physics and allow him or her to compare actual experimental results to the computer simulated results.

The program is full of entertaining animations, songs, and sounds to keep the user's interest. It allows multiple users to retain data in computerized notebooks. The advanced user may explore the experiments designed for the beginning college student or may learn about the history behind each of the scientific principles. A hall of fame with pictures of notable scientists will include an entry for the user upon completion of the entire set of experiments.

Experiment Topics

Kinematics: Learn the principles behind average velocity, average acceleration, and acceleration due to gravity.
Newtonian Dynamics: Learn about Newton's three laws of dynamics. Build a working scale to measure force. Use the scale to perform other experiments and impress your friends.
Statics: Learn the physics of objects in a motionless state of statics. Discover the concept of torque.
Universal Gravitation: Learn about the gravitational pull of all bodies in the universe and about satellite orbits.
Work & Energy: Learn about kinetic energy, potential energy, and work performed from moving an object over a distance.
Impulse & Momentum: Learn about the practicle applications of Newton's Laws through the concepts of impulse and momentum.
Rotational Kinematics: Learn the principles behind average angular velocity and other characteristics of objects in circular motion.

System Requirements

Amiga: AmigaDOS 2.0 or greater
2 Megabytes of RAM
Hard Disk Drive
Windows 95/NT: 386/486/Pentium Processor
8 Megabytes RAM
Hard Disk Drive with 5 Megabytes free
Sound card desirable

Equation Solutions

To assist in the use of this product, the correct equation solutions which are used in each experiment are provided if you need them.

O.W.L. - owl-soft@iname.com - 1998-08-21