The Apprentice’s Guide to Physics: An Introductory Quest Through the Mechanics of the Universe

In the land of science, numbers can grow as vast as a dragon’s hoard or shrink as small as a quark’s shadow. But wise scholars and clever spellcasters don’t waste time counting endless zeros, they use a magical cantrip called scientific notation.

With just one enchanted rule: write a number between \(1\) and \(10\text{,}\) then multiply by a power of ten, you can tame even the wildest figures. A beast like \(5000\) becomes \(5 \times 10^3 \text{,}\) and a whisper-small \(0.0002\) transforms into \(2 \times 10^{-4} \text{.}\)

It’s the secret spell of astronomers, constructs, and magic folk everywhere. Use it wisely, and even the stars won’t feel out of reach.

The below definition of position is just a test entry for the notation symbol list. I’ll remove this eventually. I could comment it out but I want to make sure it shows up properly first.