WHAT THEY DONT TEACH IN SCHOOL

Shounak Mondal

Jan 272 min read

The Misconception of Planetary Orbits

So here is what we have all been taught in school. Planets orbit around the sun in elliptical orbits and most depictions are in a single...

Shounak Mondal

Jan 214 min read

The Misconception of Gravity - Part 1

Drop an iron ball and a strand of feather from a height, which one will fall to the ground first? Seems like a simple question and 99% of...

Shounak Mondal

Oct 30, 20235 min read

The Misconception of Time - Part 1

We take time for granted but it is strange, mind-bending, and not well-understood We think we understand time... We think of time as the...

Shounak Mondal

Oct 2, 20234 min read

The Misconception of Time - Part 2

Our understanding of time gets even more strange but we experience it every day. Recap of part 1... In part 1 of this series, we saw that...

Shounak Mondal

Sep 30, 20233 min read

The Misconception of Gravity - Part 2

We all experience it every moment of our lives yet most of us misunderstand what it is. Gravity is not a force at all! What we are taught...

Shounak Mondal

Sep 30, 20234 min read

The Misconception of Gravity - Part 3

Let's finally attempt to put it all together, Space, Time, and Gravity In part 2 of this series, we saw that gravity is the effect of the...