Samantha H.

I have a B.A. in physics and mathematics, and a Ph.D. in physics. I have taught physics for the past 20 years at a variety of colleges, most recently Adrian College, and am writing a textbook on introductory college physics. Many students think that physics is difficult, but in fact we have all been learning physics since we were born. If you drop a spoon, it falls. If you leave a cup of coffee alone, it cools. We know physics instinctively (with the occasional blind spots), and so eve…