Recent content by zexott

Ah, observation of ropes, that's how their intuition comes. Now it seems conceivable for me. Your information is very detailed and now I guess I can trace it down. Thank you so much! And thank you all for your time and attention!

Why is the parallelogram rule for the addition of forces as it is? I feel it must have some deep origin and pointing to something fundamental. Though I know this problem may have no answer: God design it as such. But I wonder how the first person came up with this rule, where does his/her...