Announcing the Wolfram Physics II Course Assistant

August 17, 2011 — The Wolfram|Alpha Team

Back in June we released the Wolfram Physics I Course Assistant to aid those taking introductory physics classes. We are now releasing the Wolfram Physics II Course Assistant for iOS to help those continuing their physics education.

Wolfram Physics II Course Assistant

The Wolfram Physics II Course Assistant App can help calculate properties of solids, including stress, pressure, and deformation; calculate properties of fluids, including drag, buoyancy, and hydrostatic pressure; and solve a variety of electricity and magnetism calculations.

Archimedes' Principal Archimedes' principle results

The app can also perform ray optics calculations, including Snell’s law, lensmaker’s equations, thin lens equation, and more; compute wave effects; and do common thermodynamics calculations, including the ideal gas law and Joule’s first law.

Object to lens distance

Powered by Wolfram|Alpha, the Wolfram Physics II Course Assistant App is currently available on the iTunes App Store for $2.99. Head over to our Mobile Apps page to learn more about this and our other available apps.

18 Comments

How odd that there are no course assistants for Android phones, given the ubiquity of Android.

Posted by Peter B Harvey August 21, 2011 at 4:21 pm

I second Peter’s comment. Please make these available for android devices.

Posted by Nick Altobelli August 23, 2011 at 6:18 pm

I agree. The astronomy app would be great on Android.

Posted by Isaak Anderson August 24, 2011 at 10:51 pm

Don’t hate Android!
We want these apps for Android pleeaase 😀

Posted by Anders Bredahl September 11, 2011 at 7:02 am

Please provide Course Apps for Android.

Posted by Phil Stein September 16, 2011 at 4:06 pm

Would be great if these were built using HTML 5 and could be used on devices from companies that actually give their customers a choice of form factors instead of just iOS devices. If they have to be apps then it would be great if you could deliver a Windows Phone version.

Posted by John September 20, 2011 at 5:42 pm

Android Please 🙁

Posted by Alex September 25, 2011 at 6:22 pm

I love how helpful this app is, and I figured it was about time someone actually said something about it other than a complaint about how it’s not on android. Keep up the good work wolfram.

Posted by Sean September 26, 2011 at 2:29 pm

Really great app! Great work Wolfram!

Posted by Aidan October 3, 2011 at 3:48 pm

Android please! This would be an app I would pay for!

Posted by Gideon Richter October 12, 2011 at 10:52 pm

and for blackberrys plzzzzz lol

Posted by dino lopez October 16, 2011 at 1:29 pm

Just get it for iphone or ipod touch, both of these devices are relatively inexpensive

Posted by Matt B October 28, 2011 at 1:24 pm

Windows phone please!! It would be very useful for my classes

Posted by Arny October 30, 2011 at 9:52 am

yea add it to windows phone 7!!

Posted by levon October 31, 2011 at 8:45 pm

Seconding what everyone else has said: Android versions please!

Posted by Sam November 2, 2011 at 2:17 pm

This comment by “John” is right on the spot:
Would be great if these were built using HTML 5 and could be used on devices from companies that actually give their customers a choice of form factors instead of just iOS devices. Do it!

Posted by Gunnar November 27, 2011 at 6:30 am

But iOS has a choice of form factors: iPhone, iPod Touch, or iPad.

Posted by Daniel December 2, 2011 at 12:22 am

Android courses – please!

Posted by J Thomas McCully September 6, 2012 at 11:12 am