Introduction to Physics
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- Introduction: systems of units
- Motion in one dimension: constant velocity, constant acceleration;
- Newton's laws: The law of inertia, mass, force and the second law, third law.
- Work and energy: work, kinetic energy, potential energy, conservation of energy.
- Dynamics: friction, solving equations of motions.
- Conservation of momentum: center of mass, linear momentum, conservation of linear momentum.
- Rotation and Harmonic motion:simple rotational motion; harmonic motion.
- Gravity: Kepler's laws, Newton's law of gravity, gravitational potential energy, escape velocity.
- Statics: Static equilibrium.
- Electrostatics: the electric charge, Coulomb's law, electric potential.
- Electric current: current, voltage, resistance, Ohm's law.
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