According to Hackaday, physics instructor Elliot Williams reflects on a curious pattern: the concept of waves, studied as a core physics principle, turns up everywhere in nature and engineering. From sound and light to water and radio signals, the same fundamental behavior repeats across wildly different domains—a reminder that understanding one phenomenon often unlocks understanding of many others.

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