ADV PHYS

Sub-Contents

1-1Introduction
1-2Matter is made of atoms
1-3Atomic processes
1-4Chemical reactions

 

 

2-1Introduction
2-2Physics before 1920
2-3Quantum physics
2-4Nuclei and particles

 

 

3-1Introduction
3-2Chemistry
3-3Biology
3-4Astronomy
3-5Geology
3-6Psychology
3-7How did it get that way?

4-1What is energy?
4-2Gravitational potential energy
4-3Kinetic energy
4-4Other forms of energy

 

5-1Motion
5-2Time
5-3Short times
5-4Long times
5-5Units and standards of time
5-6Large distances
5-7Short distances

6-1Chance and likelihood
6-2Fluctuations
6-3The random walk
6-4A probability distribution
6-5The uncertainty principle

 

 

7-1Planetary motions
7-2Kepler’s laws
7-3Development of dynamics
7-4Newton’s law of gravitation
7-5Universal gravitation
7-6Cavendish’s experiment
7-7What is gravity?
7-8Gravity and relativity

8-1Description of motion
8-2Speed
8-3Speed as a derivative
8-4Distance as an integral
8-5Acceleration

 

 

9-1Momentum and force
9-2Speed and velocity
9-3Components of velocity, acceleration, and force
9-4What is the force?
9-5Meaning of the dynamical equations
9-6Numerical solution of the equations
9-7Planetary motions

10-1Newton’s Third Law
10-2Conservation of momentum
10-3Momentum is conserved!
10-4Momentum and energy
10-5Relativistic momentum

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

11-1Symmetry in physics
11-2Translations
11-3Rotations
11-4Vectors
11-5Vector algebra
11-6Newton’s laws in vector notation
11-7Scalar product of vectors

 

 

 

 

 

 

12-1What is a force?
12-2Friction
12-3Molecular forces
12-4Fundamental forces. Fields
12-5Pseudo forces
12-6Nuclear forces

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

13-1Energy of a falling body
13-2Work done by gravity
13-3Summation of energy
13-4Gravitational field of large objects

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

14-1Work
14-2Constrained motion
14-3Conservative forces
14-4Nonconservative forces
14-5Potentials and fields

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

15-1The principle of relativity

15-2The Lorentz transformation

15-3The Michelson-Morley experiment

15-4Transformation of time

15-5The Lorentz contraction

15-6Simultaneity

15-7Four-vectors

15-8Relativistic dynamics

15-9Equivalence of mass and energy

16-1Relativity and the philosophers
16-2The twin paradox
16-3Transformation of velocities
16-4Relativistic mass
16-5Relativistic energy

 

 

 

 

 

 

17-1The geometry of space-time
17-2Space-time intervals
17-3Past, present, and future
17-4More about four-vectors
17-5Four-vector algebra

 

 

 

 

 

 

18-1The center of mass
18-2Rotation of a rigid body
18-3Angular momentum
18-4Conservation of angular momentum

19-1Properties of the center of mass
19-2Locating the center of mass
19-3Finding the moment of inertia
19-4Rotational kinetic energy

20-1Torques in three dimensions
20-2The rotation equations using cross products
20-3The gyroscope
20-4Angular momentum of a solid body

21-1Linear differential equations
21-2The harmonic oscillator
21-3Harmonic motion and circular motion
21-4Initial conditions
21-5Forced oscillations

22-1Addition and multiplication
22-2The inverse operations
22-3Abstraction and generalization
22-4Approximating irrational numbers
22-5Complex numbers
22-6Imaginary exponents

23-1Complex numbers and harmonic motion
23-2The forced oscillator with damping
23-3Electrical resonance
23-4Resonance in nature

 

24-1The energy of an oscillator
24-2Damped oscillations
24-3Electrical transients

 

25-1Linear differential equations
25-2Superposition of solutions
25-3Oscillations in linear systems
25-4Analogs in physics
25-5Series and parallel impedances

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