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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Preface
Newtonian Physics
Introduction and Review
Scaling and Order-of-Magnitude
Estimates
Velocity and Relative Motion
Acceleration and Free Fall
Force and Motion
Analysis of Forces
Newton’s Laws in
Three Dimensions
Vectors
Vectors and Motion
Circular Motion
Conceptual Framework for
Circular Motion
Uniform Circular Motion
Nonuniform Circular Motion
Examples
Force required to turn
on a bike
Don’t hug the center
line on a curve!
Acceleration related to radius
and period of rotation
A clothes dryer
More about clothes dryers!
Slow down before a turn,
not during it
Summary
Homework Problems
Gravity
Conservation Laws
Vibration and Waves
Electricity
Optics
Modern Physics
Appendix

Last Update: 2011-03-23