What is power and why is a sports car more powerful than a lawnmower?
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What is power and why is a sports car more powerful than a lawnmower?
There is a word engines love to brag about, and that word is power. A sports car shouts it. A lawnmower mumbles it. But what IS power, really? Here's the twist: power isn't about how strong something is. It's about how FAST it gets a job done.
Let's start one step earlier, with a word called work. To a scientist, work just means moving something. Pushing a box across the floor is work. Lifting a bag of groceries is work. No moving, no work — even if your arms are tired from holding still.
