Human and Physics: Unveiling the Physics in Everyday Life
Exploring the Invisible Forces that Shape Our Lives
In the realm of light, heat, and motion. When most people think about physics, they see a difficult topic in school that takes time to master and understand. While they are unaware that their daily lives are filled with complex physics calculations, from pouring a drink into a glass to surpassing a vehicle on the road, somehow, we can say every single movement in daily life is built up by hundreds of equations.
As a student who didn’t do so well with applied science subjects, it is interesting for me that humans are natural physics scientists, but not theoretically. Pretend that while babies start to walk, they have to put their feet wider so they can balance while standing. And its other advantage is that keeping legs wider prevents them from falling to their sides. If they fell frontside, they would take their hand on the ground, and if they fell behind, they would suddenly sit to prevent falling straight and save their heads from the ground.
While just a baby standing has these many measurements and consequences, pretend how complicated the actions adults are taking are. Practically every creature is a physicist, especially humans. God created them with wisdom and intelligence, so they can even impose formulas on external factors.
If humans could write down their measurements on paper, then we wouldn’t need to study physics at all. Because applied physics is far more complicated than theoretical physics, for example, there is a ball on the soccer field. If you ask a professor to do measurements to find out the angle, shot point, force, and speed of the shot that directs the ball into the goal, he will surely give you the result after a matter of time, and if you could shoot as accurately as he said, the ball would directly go inside the goal without any misses.
But while you ask a football player to do so, he’ll do all the professor’s measurements in a second and shoot the ball into the goal based on his experience. And if we dive deeper into this, what about the shots where the ball changes direction along the way? Its measurements are more complicated than a straight shot. But a football player does it effortlessly. It means that physics is in his nature.
Lack of physics
If we assume we don’t know practically physics, we would have a hundred kinds of accidents daily. We would have road crushes because we couldn’t calculate at what speed we should cross the road before the vehicles reached us. Being late or early was a common thing because we didn’t know what speed we should go to be on time.
We would have tons of wasted food daily because we couldn’t calculate the heat and duration of cooking. And if we count, many other consequences would happen if humans didn’t know physics naturally.
In essence, physics is more than just a subject taught in textbooks or laboratories; it is woven intimately into the fabric of our daily lives. Consider the basic process of pouring a drink into a glass: the fluid dynamics at work, the balance required to avoid spills—all governed by physical rules. Similarly, deciding to overtake a car on the road requires considerations of velocity, distance, and momentum, all of which are based on physical concepts.
As humans, we are natural physicists, but not in the usual sense. Even from infancy, our activities are guided by an intuitive grasp of the physical environment. Consider a baby beginning to walk and naturally altering their stance for balance and stability. These intrinsic actions illustrate the innate understanding of physics that each of us possesses, although unknowingly.
In conclusion, while the complexity of applied physics may appear overwhelming, we must understand that we are all physicists in our own way. An intuitive grasp of the physical environment guides our daily behaviors, such as walking, cooking, and participating in sports. Embracing this concept not only increases our appreciation for the world around us but also gives us the ability to navigate life with better confidence and efficiency.
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