Forces is a basic physics tutorial about the four physical forces of nature. It won an Honorable Mention in the 1997 Computers in Physics Educational Software Contest. It has been peer-reviewed and became available for purchase in summer, 1998, by Physics Academic Software.

Forces contains five sections:

1. Fundamental Quantities -- including pages on length, time, velocity, acceleration, mass (both inertial and gravitational), momentum, and force (Newton's Laws of Mation).
2. History & Tour of Forces -- the four fundamental forces, and short biographies of Newton, Cavendish and Coulomb.
3. Forces and Motion -- including momentum and energy conservation, kinetic and potential energy, work, motion in a uniform force field, the gravitational force law, and circular motion in a central force field (centripetal acceleration).
4. Electrostatic Forces -- covering Coulomb Force Law, electric field, conductors, electrostatic potential, and an example of beam deflecting parallel plates.
5. Electromagnetic Forces -- includes pages on the magnetic force on a moving charged particle, the Lorentz force law, how currents give rise to magnetic fields, and magnets. also includes discussion of circular motion in a uniform magnetic field and the motion of a charged particle through a bending magnet.

A sample page from Forces.

Both a QuickTime movie and a Shockwave version of a portion of Forces are available as a part of our Online Demonstrations.  

A short review from Medical and Science Media On-Line (Australia).

An extensive review by Prof. Paul Sellin, University of Surry, UK.

Ordering Info

• Win95/98/NT/2000/XP
  
  
• Published by Physics Academic Software
  • $100 per copy (site licenses available)
  • 1 (800) 955-8275
  
  
• Buy on-line at a discount, i.e., $89.95 per copy.