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
Conservation Laws
Conservation of Energy
Simplifying the Energy Zoo
Work: The Transfer of
Mechanical Energy
The concept of work
Work = Force x Distance
Work in Three Dimensions
Forces at other angles
Varying Force
Work and Potential Energy
When is Work =
Force x Distance?
Examples
Mechanical work done in
an earthquake
Pushing a broom
A violin
Energy production in the sun
A toy gun
Gravitational potential energy
An ice skater pushing off
from a wall
Absorbing an impact without
recoiling?
Dragging a refrigerator
Accelerating a cart
Summary
Homework Problems
Conservation of Momentum
Conservation of Angular
Momentum
Thermodynamics
Exercises
Vibration and Waves
Electricity
Optics
Modern Physics
Appendix

Last Update: 2011-03-23