In the cartoons, the equipment all comes from Acme. In the physics problem sets, it's from the Ideal Hardware store -- massless ropes, frictionless pulleys...
The best part of cartoon physics is WHY it's funny: because it reflects reality in a particular type of funhouse mirror. If you don't have a basic feel for how the world works, then the joke falls flat, and goes "Wheeze, wheeeeze" like an accordion as it walks away.
(I learned more physics concepts (mechanics) from Wile E. Coyote than I ever learned in physics class, just trying to figure out why it was so funny)
In the cartoons, the equipment all comes from Acme. In the physics problem sets, it's from the Ideal Hardware store -- massless ropes, frictionless pulleys...
The best part of cartoon physics is WHY it's funny: because it reflects reality in a particular type of funhouse mirror. If you don't have a basic feel for how the world works, then the joke falls flat, and goes "Wheeze, wheeeeze" like an accordion as it walks away.
(I learned more physics concepts (mechanics) from Wile E. Coyote than I ever learned in physics class, just trying to figure out why it was so funny)