Explorations in Physics

Dave Snyder

Newtonian Gravity

The following are articles I wrote on the subject of Newtonian Gravity (See also General Relativity, Einstein’s theory of gravity, below).

Snyder, Dave. 2006b. Reflections, Newsletter of the University Lowbrow Astronomers. “Gravity, Part 2: Newton, Hooke, Halley and the Three Body Problem.” April 2006, Volume 30, Issue 4, pp. 2-3. Here.
______. 2006c. Reflections, Newsletter of the University Lowbrow Astronomers. “Gravity Part 3: Space Travel.” July 2006, Volume 30, Issue 7, pp. 5-7. Here.
______. 2006d. Reflections, Newsletter of the University Lowbrow Astronomers. “Gravity: Part 4 - Globular Clusters and Galaxies.” October 2006, Volume 30, Issue 10, pp. 4-6. Here.

Special Relativity and Quantum Mechanics

My first exposure to these subjects was from the following book. This covers both Special Relativity and Quantum Mechanics. I recommend it as a good introduction to both subjects.

Baker, Adolph. 1972. Modern Physics and Antiphysics. Reading, Massachusetts: Addison-Wesley Publishing Company.

This book is out of print, but used copies can be found.

While I haven’t written much on either subject, here is one article on the Quantum Mechanics:

Snyder, Dave. 2021a. Reflections, Newsletter of the University Lowbrow Astronomers. “Dice, God, Quantum Mechanics and the German Language.” February 2021, Volume 45, Issue 2, pp. 1-2. Here.

Particle Physics

I have written a few articles on the subject of particle physics, for example...

“Physics or What Everything Is Made Of.”
Snyder, Dave. 2015. Reflections, Newsletter of the University Lowbrow Astronomers. “The Pentaquark.” August 2015, Volume 39, Issue 8, pp. 4-5. Here.

General Relativity

The following are the articles I wrote on General Relativity (Einstein’s theory of gravity, see Newtonian Gravity above).

Snyder, Dave. 2006a. Reflections, Newsletter of the University Lowbrow Astronomers. “Gravity, Part 1: What Einstein Did For Astronomy.” January 2006, Volume 30, Issue 1, pp. 2-4. Here.
______. 2021b. Reflections, Newsletter of the University Lowbrow Astronomers. “General Relativity, Part 1.” November 2021, Volume 45, Issue 11, pp. 2-4. Here.
______. 2021c. Reflections, Newsletter of the University Lowbrow Astronomers. “General Relativity, Part 2.” December 2021, Volume 45, Issue 12, pp. 2-4. Here.
______. 2022. Reflections, Newsletter of the University Lowbrow Astronomers. “General Relativity, Part 3.” July 2022, Volume 46, Issue 7, pp. 3-5. Here.
______. 2023. Reflections, Newsletter of the University Lowbrow Astronomers. “General Relativity, Part 4.” February 2023, Volume 47, Issue 2, pp. 4-5, 13-14. Here.

I plan to write additional articles on this subject.