Really? Not quite. It is not hard to put physics in a nutshell.
I could just list for you the fundamental equations of physics.
There are only a handful of them. But that is only part of the story because the most difficult and exciting questions are precisely the ones we make when these equations fail. For example, the equations of electromagnetism predict that every charged particle, electron, protons, etc., carries an infinite amount of energy with it. For another example, in full generality, the equations of mechanics include forces that nobody really knows for sure where they come from. And the Einstein equations that govern spacetime allow for time travel (closed time-like geodesics). This, we fear, is where the equations of physics may be going wrong. And so, this is where we look for new physics! What is most exciting, you see these basic problems emerge almost immediately if you are paying attention in your physics classes. In these posters, many motivated by discussions with our students, we try share with you some of the excitement of solving, or not, physics problems. Enjoy!
