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The Physics of Marketing — Simple Harmonic Motion

By on May 11, 2008 in FEATURED, MARKETING

Think of a pen­du­lum steadily swing­ing from side to side and you are visu­al­iz­ing Sim­ple Har­monic Motion. From chil­dren on play gound swings to highly skilled engi­neers, sim­ple har­monic motion sur­rounds us. It involves the give and take between poten­tial and kinetic energy. In the exam­ple of the pen­du­lum this would be height and speed. You […]

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The Physics of Marketing — Newton’s Law of Gravitation

By on April 25, 2008 in FEATURED, MARKETING

Sir Isaac New­ton makes his sec­ond appear­ance in this series with his Law of Grav­i­ta­tion. Per­haps one of the most widely known prin­ci­ples of sci­ence is grav­ity. I say this know­ing that while most peo­ple could prob­a­bly not explain grav­ity very well, just about every­one under­stands the idea. This was Newton’s block­buster idea. It explained […]

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