From Wonder to Natural Philosophy
Before physics was an equation, it was a question. This essay traces its roots—from myth and wonder to natural philosophy—as humanity’s first attempt to read the book of nature.
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An intuition-first tour of physics—roots, motion, fields, relativity, and quantum—light on math, rich in clarity and everyday analogies.
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Before physics was an equation, it was a question. This essay traces its roots—from myth and wonder to natural philosophy—as humanity’s first attempt to read the book of nature.