General Physics I: Classical Mechanics
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Front Matter
1: What is Physics?
2: The Greek Alphabet
3: Quotations from the Classical Greek
4: Deductive Logic
5: Units
6: Problem-Solving Strategies
7: Density
8: Kinematics in One Dimension
9: Vectors
10: The Dot Product
11: Kinematics in Two or Three Dimensions
12: Projectile Motion
13: Newton’s Method
14: Mass
15: Force
16: Newton’s Laws of Motion
17: The Inclined Plane
18: Atwood’s Machine
19: Statics
20: Friction
21: Blocks and Pulleys
22: Resistive Forces in Fluids
23: Circular Motion
24: Work
25: Simple Machines
26: Energy
27: Conservative Forces
28: Power
29: Linear Momentum
30: Impulse
31: Collisions
32: The Ballistic Pendulum
33: Rockets
34: Center of Mass
35: The Cross Product
36: Rotational Motion
37: Moment of Inertia
38: Torque
39: Measuring the Moment of Inertia
40: Newton’s Laws of Motion- Rotational Versions
41: The Pendulum
42: Simple Harmonic Motion
43: Rocking Bodies
44: Rolling Bodies
45: Galileo’s Law
46: The Coriolis Force
47: Angular Momentum
48: Conservation Laws
49: The Gyroscope
50: Elasticity
51: Fluid Statics
52: Fluid Dynamics
53: Hydraulics and Pneumatics
54: Gravity
55: Earth Rotation
56: Geodesy
57: Celestial Mechanics
58: Astrodynamics
59: Partial Derivatives
60: Lagrangian Mechanics
61: Hamiltonian Mechanics
62: Special Relativity
63: Quantum Mechanics
64: The Standard Model
65: Further Reading
66: Appendices
67: References
Back Matter