...but forces fall out of something—electromagnetic interactions, for example. As an engineer, I am inclined to call something a force if it goes on the “force” side of the equation in the domain I’m modeling, and not worry about whether to call it “real”.
(Then again, as an engineer, I rarely need to exceed Newtonian mechanics.)
...but forces fall out of something—electromagnetic interactions, for example. As an engineer, I am inclined to call something a force if it goes on the “force” side of the equation in the domain I’m modeling, and not worry about whether to call it “real”.
(Then again, as an engineer, I rarely need to exceed Newtonian mechanics.)