Why is Work equal to Force * distance?
19163
Why does the amount of energy transferred depend on distance rather than time?
107676
Work done when lifting an object at constant speed
150133
Why is work scalar and the dot product of force and displacement?
145468
Why do we say that in Coulomb's law the force is proportional to $\frac{1}{r^{2}}$ and not $\frac{1}{r^{3}}$?
128238
What is the cause of the normal force?
149780
Force as change in momentum vs. change in velocity
50347
Can torque relations actually be *derived* from Newton's Laws, or is it something extra?
26085
Why is the action dimensionless in natural units?
137812
Why does magnetic force vary in proportion to the cube of the distance instead of the square?
22160
Why does a perpendicular force not change speed?
109590
Work done by the Magnetic Force
71041
What is the underlying explanation behind fictitious/pseudo forces?
83770
Kinetic energy doesn't make sense
149567
Why does a force not do any work if it's perpendicular to the motion?
128436
Is gravitational potential energy proportional or inversely proportional to distance?
1721
How to explain the force applied on this object?
90626
Work in circular motions