Foundations of Energy
How energy is stored, transferred and transformed — from falling objects to living cells.
Graph explorer
Explore the knowledge graph
15 concepts viewed through this lens. Bridge concepts connect this view to Acoustics, Astronomy, Atmospheric Science, Audio Engineering….
Legend
- Focused concept
- Connected concept
- Bridge concept (just outside the lens)
- Arrow points from cause / source to effect / target
- A line with no arrow is a two-way relationship
- Node colour marks the concept’s primary discipline
22 concepts27 relationships12 disciplines6 relation families
Electric potential
Open concept →At a glance
Electric potential, also known as the electrostatic potential or electric field potential, is a field of scalar quantities through space, often denoted with the letter or , that gives, for each point in space, the electric potential energy per unit of elec…
- Disciplines
- Physics · Electromagnetism
- Role in the graph
- Cross-disciplinary bridge — reaches Electrical Engineering, Mechanics
- Relationships
- 3 · 3 relation families
- Mental models
- 1
What am I looking at?
In this lens (15)
- illuminated by this discipline
- illuminated by this discipline
- illuminated by this discipline
- illuminated by this discipline
- illuminated by this discipline
Bridge concepts (19)
Just outside the lens — they connect it to other context.
- Electrical Engineering, Physics · connects to Electric current, Electrical conductor
- Electrical Engineering, Physics · connects to Electric current
- Electrical Engineering, Physics · connects to Electric current
- Audio Engineering, Electroacoustics · connects to Electromagnetic induction
- Chemistry, Physical Chemistry · connects to Electric current
Insights from this view
Structural observations about the concepts shown here — descriptions of this graph, not claims about the world.
- This view connects 12 disciplines: Acoustics, Astronomy, Chemistry, Electrical Engineering, Electromagnetism, Electronics Engineering, Mechanics, Oceanography, Optics, Physical Chemistry, Physics, Quantum Physics.
- Electric potential is a bridge concept — viewed here through Electromagnetism, Physics.
- The connections here span 6 relation families.
- Energy transformation explains 6 concepts in this view (Astronomy, Chemistry, Electromagnetism, Mechanics, Optics, Physical Chemistry, Physics, Quantum Physics).
Relationships as a list
The focused concept’s relationships. Pick another concept in the graph above to update this list.
Explore through a different lens
A lens is a deterministic projection of the graph. Pick a discipline, thinking pattern or journey to reframe the whole view.
By thinking pattern
Bayesian updatingCause and effectCompoundingConservationConstraintsDefense in depthDiffusion & spreadEmergenceEnergy transformationEntropy & irreversibilityEquilibriumFeedback loopIncentivesInformationLevels & hierarchyModularityNetworksOptimizationOscillationProbabilityRecursion & self-similarityScaleSignal vs noiseSource–pathway–receptorStocks and flowsSymmetry & invarianceThresholds & tipping pointsTrade-offsTriangulationVariation & selectionWaves
Concept collections
Concept collections are curated lenses onto the fabric — themed sets of ideas that recur across disciplines. They are not journeys; they are a way to read the graph.
Understanding Systems
Stocks, flows and feedback — why wholes behave in ways their parts do not.
Patterns Everywhere
Regularities that recur across maths, music, nature and art.
How Information Moves
Encoding, signals and noise — the same idea in computers, genes and nerves.
About this view
What this is
Start from one concept and expand outward. The view never shows everything at once — click a node to refocus, filter by relationship type, or switch to an accessible list.
One fabric
3750 concepts and 5051 typed relations form one connected component — no isolated silo.
How to read it
Focus a concept, or apply a lens (discipline, mental model, journey) to see only the threads that matter.