Lectures on Physics has been derived from Benjamin Crowell's Light and Matter series of free introductory textbooks on physics. See the editorial for more information....


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Tacoma Narrows BridgeThe Collapse of the Tacoma Narrows Bridge
 Collapse of the Tacoma Narrows Bridge
tail of a cometThe Tail of a Comet
television tubeA television tube
temperatureSummary - Energy
 Homework Problems
 Pressure and Temperature
 Thermal Equilibrium
 Pressure, volume, and temperature
terminal velocityCalculating terminal velocity
textbookWhy a New Physics Textbook?
 Learning to Hate Physics?
theoryThe Scientific Method
thermal energyA Numerical Scale of Energy
thermal equilibriumThermal Equilibrium
thermal expansionThermal Expansion
thermodynamicsHeat is Kinetic Energy
 Thermodynamics
thermometerThermal Equilibrium
 Thermal Expansion
third law of NewtonNewton’s Third Law
ThomsonJoseph John Thomson
tideThe Search for a Perpetual Motion Machine
tirePressure in a car tire
 Types of Motion
topA Spinning Top
tornadoIntroduction to Angular Momentum
torqueTorque: the Rate of Transfer of Angular Momentum
 Torque distinguished from force
 Relationship between force and torque
 The torque due to gravity
 Summary - Angular Momentum
 Exercise: Torque
 Discussion - Angular Momentum
total internal reflectionSummary - Refraction
toy gunA toy gun
transformerThe transformer
transmissionReflection and Transmission
 Reflection and Transmission
transmission of forcesTransmission of Forces by Low-Mass Objects
tricepsSimple Machines: The Lever
turbineA Turbine
types of energyA Numerical Scale of Energy
 How new forms of energy are discovered


Last Update: 2011-03-23