The Atwood machine, named after its inventor Reverend George Atwood, consists of two masses suspended by a string on a pulley and is used to demonstrate laws of motion. By applying Newton’s second law, it can be calculated that the acceleration will be constant for both masses. The machine is used to confirm and better […]
Margaret Atwood is a Canadian writer, feminist, literary critic, and political activist. She has won numerous awards for her novels, poetry collections, and essays. Atwood’s upbringing was non-traditional due to her father’s career as a zoologist. She began writing at the age of sixteen and studied English, philosophy, and French in college. Atwood has been […]
