Pustam | पुस्तम | পুস্তম🇳🇵<p>Physics heresy: Projectiles don’t actually make parabolas</p><p>Taught in every introductory physics class for centuries, the parabola is only an imperfect approximation of the true path of a projectile. <a href="https://mathstodon.xyz/tags/Projectile" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Projectile</span></a> <a href="https://mathstodon.xyz/tags/Projectiles" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Projectiles</span></a> <a href="https://mathstodon.xyz/tags/ProjectileMotion" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ProjectileMotion</span></a> <a href="https://mathstodon.xyz/tags/Parabola" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Parabola</span></a> <a href="https://mathstodon.xyz/tags/Approximation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Approximation</span></a> <a href="https://mathstodon.xyz/tags/Physics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Physics</span></a> <a href="https://mathstodon.xyz/tags/Heresy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Heresy</span></a> <a href="https://mathstodon.xyz/tags/Parabolas" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Parabolas</span></a></p><p><a href="https://bigthink.com/starts-with-a-bang/projectiles-dont-make-parabolas/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">bigthink.com/starts-with-a-ban</span><span class="invisible">g/projectiles-dont-make-parabolas/</span></a></p>