dand frustrated and either end up withdrawing from (orfailing) class. Yet, to the willing and perseveringstudent physics can be a great tool. As students ofPhysics it is important we understand the many toolsstudying this discipline affords us Not only is it key tounderstanding the working of much of our environment, butalso it is an excellent exercise for the analytical mind.Physics has to be one of the most crucial scientificdisciplines in our culture today. It has provided us withthe technology to stay healthier, live longer and morecomfortably, and to process more information than all thegenerations before us put together. It is through thisresearch that we have come to understand our place in theuniverse, our relationship to all things, and the natureof reality....
