This actually makes potential energy less “mysterious” (if “mysterious” is the word I’m looking for) - it’s a thing that’s actually there to be measured, instead of a mathematical abstraction that depends on everything else around it that smells suspiciously like a fudge factor. ;)
This actually makes potential energy less “mysterious” (if “mysterious” is the word I’m looking for) - it’s a thing that’s actually there to be measured, instead of a mathematical abstraction that depends on everything else around it that smells suspiciously like a fudge factor. ;)
“Q: What’s potential energy? A: Mass.”