Lectures on Physics
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Light and Matter
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C dating
C Dating
calculus
Applications of Calculus
cannon
A Cannon
capacitor
Energy stored in a capacitor
car accident
Getting rear-ended
car crash
A car crash
car tire
Pressure in a car tire
Types of Motion
Carnot engine
Heat engines
Entropy isnt changed by a Carnot engine
Entropy is increased by a non-Carnot engine
Using a refrigerator to decrease entropy?
cart
Accelerating a cart
Rain falling into a moving cart
cathode ray tube
Emission of electrons in a cathode ray tube
cathode rays
The Electron
cell membrane
Ions moving across a cell membrane
Celsius scale
Thermal Expansion
center of mass
Newtons First Law
Types of Motion
Summary - Motion
center of mass frame
A collision of pool balls viewed in the c.m. frame
Chadwick
The discovery of the neutron
charge
Charge, Electricity and Magnetism
Quantization of Charge
Summary - Charges
Charon
Pluto and Charon
cheating
Millikans Fraud
chemical elements
The Chemical Elements
chemical energy
A Numerical Scale of Energy
Chernobyl
Radioactive contamination at Chernobyl
circuit
Summary - Electricity
circular motion
Summary - Circular Motion
classification of forces
Classification and Behavior of Forces
closed system
Summary - Momentum
cockroach
Scaling Applied to Biology
collapse
Collapse of the Nimitz Freeway in an earthquake
collision
Summary - Momentum
color
Color and refraction
color code
Resistors
comet
High Energy Impact
The Tail of a Comet
comet impact
Energy released by a comet impact
compass
A magnetic compass
concave lens
Lenses
conservation of charge
Charge, Electricity and Magnetism
Summary - Charges
conservation of energy
Energy
You take the high road and Ill take the low road
Summary - Energy
How new forms of energy are discovered
conservation of mass
Energy
Conservation of mass
conservation of momentum
Conservation of Momentum
Summary - Momentum
conversion factors
Conversions
convex lens
Lenses
copyright
Copyright
correspondence principle
The correspondence principle for mass-energy
coulomb
Charge, Electricity and Magnetism
Coulomb's law
Charge, Electricity and Magnetism
Creative Commons License
Copyright
cross-sectional area
Dependence of resistance on cross-sectional area
CRT
Emission of electrons in a cathode ray tube
Curie
Radioactivity
curriculum
Georg Simon Ohm
Isaac Newton
cycle
Period, Frequency, and Amplitude
Last Update: 2011-03-23