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Resonance

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The concept of resonance occurs frequently in nature. It is part of a number of theories in physics and engineering.
But even children understand it intuitively. My favorite example is an adult pushing a child on a swing. Suppose the adult doesn’t pay attention to coordinating their pushes with the movement of the swing. Sometimes [...]