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[Wired] Even Physics Textbooks Tend to Get Friction Slightly Wrong

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2019-08-23, 10:12

Even Physics Textbooks Tend to Get Friction Slightly Wrong

No matter what that Intro to Physics book says, you can't calculate the "work done by friction." Nope. Doesn't work. Don't even try it.

https://www.wired.com/story/even-physics...htly-wrong

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