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Preface |
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1 Energy, Mass, Momentum |
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3 | (1) |
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2 Kinematics, Newton's Laws of Motion |
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10 | (13) |
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2.1 Whether to Stop or Run Through? |
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10 | (3) |
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2.2.1 Height equation: from conservation law |
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14 | (1) |
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15 | (1) |
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16 | (1) |
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2.4 Motion of a Chain in a Tube |
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17 | (2) |
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19 | (4) |
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2.5.2 Electro-weak interaction |
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21 | (1) |
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3 Circular Motion |
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23 | (6) |
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3.1 Cartesian vs Polar Coordinates |
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27 | (1) |
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4 The Principle of Least Action |
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4.1 Action of the Principle |
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30 | (1) |
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4.2 The Principle of Least Action |
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4.3 More Thoughts on Why "(T V)"? |
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5 Work and Energy |
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36 | (12) |
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36 | (3) |
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5.2 Motion of a Heavy Particle on a Smooth Curve in a Vertical Plane |
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39 | (1) |
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5.3 Motion of a Heavy Particle, Placed on the Outside of a Smooth Circle in a Vertical Plane and Allowed to Slide Down |
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40 | (1) |
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5.4 Motion in a Vertical Plane of a Heavy Particle Attached by a Fine String to a Fixed Point |
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42 | (2) |
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5.5.1 Interpretation of grad V |
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5.5.2 Relation with curl of the force |
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5.6 Work-energy Theorem and Galilean Invariance |
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44 | (4) |
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6 Mechanics of a System of Particles |
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48 | (22) |
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6.1 Analysing the Leaky Pendulum |
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49 | (4) |
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6.1.1 Simple 'usual' pendulum |
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49 | (1) |
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50 | (3) |
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6.2 Work-energy Theorem Revisited |
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6.5 Rigid Body Motion: Basic Ideas |
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6.6 Rotation of a Rigid Body about an Arbitrary Axis |
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61 | (1) |
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6.7 Moments of Inertia of Simple Bodies |
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62 | (2) |
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6.8 Principal Axes Stationary Points of Kinetic Energy |
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66 | (4) |
7 Friction |
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7.1 Non-conservative Forces and Energy Loss |
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71 | (1) |
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7.2 Bowling Physics of the Rolling Ball |
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7.3 Squealing and Squeaking |
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8 Impulse and Collisions |
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8.1 Impact of Smooth Spheres |
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8.1.2 Poisson's hypothesis |
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8.1.3 Kinetic energy lost by impact |
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8.1.4 Generalization of Newton's rule |
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82 | (1) |
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8.3 Falling Pencil on a Table |
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9 Central Forces |
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91 | (13) |
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91 | (5) |
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94 | (2) |
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9.2 Two Bodies Under their Own Gravitational Interaction |
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96 | (2) |
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9.3.1 Descending path on a near-circular orbit |
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9.4 Rotation Curves: an Anomaly |
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9.5 The Rosetta-Philae Comet Mission |
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10 Dimensional Analysis |
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104 | (4) |
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104 | (1) |
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11 Oscillations |
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108 | (17) |
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108 | (1) |
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11.2 Transverse Oscillations in Mass-spring System |
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11.4 Damped Harmonic Oscillator |
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11.5 Driven Damped Simple Harmonic Oscillator |
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11.7 Another Instance of Simple Harmonic Motion |
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11.8 Two Coupled Oscillators |
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11.9 Three Coupled Oscillators |
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11.10 Many Coupled Oscillators |
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11.10.2 Three-dimensional long-range order |
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11.11 Dissipation by a Rapidly Oscillating Potential |
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12 Waves |
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125 | (11) |
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12.1 Transverse Modes of a String |
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125 | (2) |
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12.2 Standing Waves in One Dimension |
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127 | (1) |
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12.2.1 Reflection and transmission of waves on a string |
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127 | (1) |
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12.3 Standing Waves on Planar Membranes |
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128 | (3) |
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12.4 Speed of Sound in Air |
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12.4.1 Newton's derivation |
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12.4.2 Correct derivation (Laplace) |
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13 Sound of Music |
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136 | (6) |
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13.2 Western Classical Music |
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13.3 Transposition, Musical Scales, and Algebraic Groups |
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14 Fluid Mechanics |
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142 | (11) |
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14.1 Equation of Continuity |
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144 | (2) |
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14.3 Bernoulli's Equation |
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14.5 Speed of Sound Inside a Fluid |
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147 | (3) |
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148 | (2) |
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150 | (1) |
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14.7 Why is Water Watery? |
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151 | (2) |
15 Water Waves |
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15.1 Gravity Waves in Liquid |
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153 | (3) |
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155 | (1) |
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15.1.2 Shallow water waves (Tsunami) |
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155 | (1) |
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16 The Kinetic Theory of Gases |
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159 | (9) |
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16.1 Equipartition of Kinetic Energy, Ideal Gas Law |
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160 | (2) |
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16.2 Football Game: Kinetic Theory Perspective |
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162 | (2) |
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16.3 Adiabatic Reversible Compression |
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164 | (1) |
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16.4 Adiabatic Reversible Compression (from Mechanics and Kinetic Theory) |
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16.5 Maxwellian Distribution of Velocities of Gas Molecules |
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17 Concepts and Laws of Thermodynamics |
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168 | (13) |
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17.1 Adiabatic Transitions and Accessibility of States of a System - Empirical Entropy, First and Second Laws |
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169 | (1) |
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17.2 Sears' Illustration of Caratheodory's Treatment |
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170 | (4) |
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17.2.1 Temperature as a property |
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17.3 Reversible and Irreversible Adiabatic Processes |
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17.3.1 Reversible process |
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17.5 How Does Entropy Look Like? |
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18 Some Applications of Thermodynamics |
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181 | (13) |
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18.1 Thermodynamic Potentials |
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181 | (3) |
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18.2 Van der Waals Equation for Real Gases |
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184 | (2) |
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18.2.1 Liquefaction of gases |
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185 | (1) |
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18.3 The Third Law of Thermodynamics |
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186 | (1) |
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187 | (3) |
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187 | (2) |
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18.4.2 Law of mass action |
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189 | (1) |
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190 | (2) |
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18.6 Van't Hoff Equation of State for Dilute Solutions |
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192 | (2) |
19 Basic Ideas of Statistical Mechanics |
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194 | (9) |
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19.1 Gibbs and Boltzmann Entropies |
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194 | (3) |
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19.1.1 Entropy and "energy-spreading" |
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19.2 Boltzmann Factor: Application to "Phases of Matter" |
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198 | (2) |
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19.3 Failure of Classical Physics |
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201 | (2) |
Bibliography |
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203 | (6) |
Index |
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