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Index
Prologue
Content
Why study Physics?
MATHEMATICAL TOOLS
Why we need math to study physics?
Scalars and Vectors
Vector sum and subtraction
Vector sum
Vector subtraction
Vector decomposition
Scalar (Dot) product of two vectors
Vector (Cross) product
Scientific notation and significant figures
Notions of derivation and integration
Derivatives
Table of derivatives
Integrals
Table of primitives
Great Physics teachers, with Eric Mazur
MECHANICS
Kinematics I: Linear Motion
Position, Trajectory and Displacement
A trip to Madrid
Speed and Velocity
Average speed (scalar)
Average velocity (vector)
Instant speed
Instant velocity
Thunder and lightning kinematics
Acceleration
Average acceleration
Instant acceleration
Acceleration of race cars
Jerk and Jounce
Jerk
Jounce (or snap):
Linear Motion equations
Uniform rectilinear motion (u.r.m)
Uniformly accelerated rectilinear motion (u.a.r.m)
Linear Motion Graphics
Uniform rectilinear motion graphs
Uniform accelerated rectilinear motion graphs
Acceleration and displacement calculation using motion graphs
Plotting Billy’s bike motion
Free Fall
Equations
Graphics
Encounters
Projectiles
Kinematics II: Rotational Motion
Magnitudes of rotational kinematics
Angular Displacement
Angular Velocity
Angular Acceleration
Tangent Velocity
Period
Frequency
Centripetal Acceleration
Equations of Rotational Motion
Kinematics of Earth's rotation
Kinematics III: Oscillations
Simple Harmonic Motion (S.H.M)
S.H.M. Equations
S.H.M. Graphics
Angular frequency
Pendulum and Spring-Mass system
Pendulums
Spring-mass system
Damped Oscillations
Forced Oscillations and Resonance
The “curious case" of the Tacoma Narrows Bridge
Dynamics I: Forces
Newton’s Laws
First Law (Law of inertia)
Second Law (Fundamental Principle of Dynamics)
Weight and mass
Normal force
Friction
Table of coefficients of friction for different materials
Buoyancy force
Tension force
Linked-bodies
Inclined plane
Elastic force. Hook’s Law.
Centripetal Force
Universal Gravitation Law
Fundamental interactions
Electromagnetic Force
Electroweak Force
Strong Nuclear Force
Gravitational Force
Dynamics II: Energy and Momentum
Work
Can a force be multiplied by a distance?
Gravitational Potential Energy
Elastic Potential Energy
Mechanical Energy
Energy conservation
Galileo Galilei and the Tower of Pisa
Work-Energy Theorem
Study of a skid
Average Power
Momentum and Impulse
Momentum
Impulse (Integral form)
Impulse (Constat forces)
Impulse (graphics)
Impulse and variation in momentum
Conservation of Momentum
Collisions and Explosions
Conservation of Momentum in two dimensions
Types of collisions
Rotational Dynamics
Torque
Torque (using cross product)
Torque (using cross product definition)
Can we multiply force by distance and get a different magnitude?
Moment of Inertia
Moment of inertia (integral form)
Moment of inertia (sigma form for discrete bodies)
Table of moments of inertia for different bodies
Steiner’s Theorem
Angular Momentum
Angular momentum and moment of inertia
Conservation of Angular Momentum
Discs and clutches
Cats, dancers, and neutron stars
Rotational Kinetic Energy
Elasticity
Tensile Stress and Extensional strain
Tensile Stress
Extensional strain
Young’s Modulus
Table of Young’s Modulus for different materials
Fluids
Hydrostatic
Density
Pressure
Atmospheric pressure
Fundamental principle of hydrostatics
Archimedes' principle
We see 10% of an Iceberg
Hydrodynamics
Flow
Continuity equation
Bernoulli equation
Great Physics teachers, with Gustavo Klein
THERMODYNAMICS
Thermodynamics I: Calorimetry
Temperature scales
Temperature and kinetic energy for gases
Heat and thermal balance
Relationship between heat and temperature
For heterogeneous bodies
For homogeneous substances
Specific heat
Table of specific heats for some substances
Latent heat
Heat of fusion
Heat of vaporization
Latent heat table for different substances
Calorimetry and “Mates”
Thermodynamics II: Gas laws and processes
Ideal Gas Law
Internal energy of an ideal gas
Work and pressure
Work on a gas (integral form)
Work on a gas (at constant pressure)
First Law of Thermodynamics
Thermodynamic processes
Isothermal process
Isovolumetric or isometric process
Isobaric process
Adiabatic process
Molar specific heat for monatomic gases
Molar specific heat for diatomic gases
Entropy
Entropy variation
Free expansion
Entropy and probability
Three particles in a box
Second law of thermodynamics
Great Physics teachers, with Pablo Mora
Great Physics teachers, with Martín Monteiro
EPILOGUE
APENDIX
Quantities and SI units
SI Derivate Units
SI Prefixes
Conversions to Inch-Pound Units
Universal Constants
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
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