• Question: why exsacly did you enjoy physics your favorite subject at school what exsacly do you like about it?

    Asked by Abigail_Williams_14 to Thomas on 15 Jun 2016.
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      Thomas Biggans answered on 15 Jun 2016:

      I liked the different problems I could apply the same physics too.

      Sometimes physics is a bit abstract, its difficult to see the point of knowing a theory. But when I was at school my teacher would get us to apply what we’ve learnt to specific examples.

      For example when we learnt about power and energy we worked out the energy needed to power the death star or a lightsaber from star wars. When we learnt about electricity and components of a circuit we built a clock. We built a radio after we learnt about the electromagnetic spectrum. Covering momentum and force we raced identical daleks one of them on the floor the other on a metal sheet.

      Now in my job I apply physics to medicine and I still enjoy it.

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