The Einstein in your brain
If you pause to consider all the things you do in a single day, you seldom realise how much understanding of physics it requires—even more so when we do not pause. Yet you wouldn’t get quite far with pouring coffee into your mug, interlacing a chain lock through your bike, or using a zebra crossing without some understanding of the natural laws that govern the world. How does your brain understand the physical world so well, but its formulas so poorly?