In this course, we will study the theory of Newtonian Mechanics, describing the kinematics and dynamics of material points and extended objects. In particular, we will start with a description of Physics as a scientific filed of study and sketching the corresponding method of investigation. We will follow studying the kinematics of material points, in one and higher dimensions. Subsequently, we will introduce the concept of force and energy, thus studying the dynamics of material points based on Newton's principles. Particular cases will be considered, as elastic, gravitational, and friction forces. These concept will then be extended to discrete and continuous material systems, with the introduction of rotational kinematics and dynamics.
Throughout the course, we will use many mathematical tools and concepts the students may not be familiar with. Hence, when necessary, we will first introduce these mathematical aspects, applying them to the needs of the course.
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Lecture 1 (Video) The fascinating physics of everyday life
Lecture 2 (Video) Vectors, what even are they?
(Extra) Notes on the rotation of a system
Lecture 3 (Video) Linear transformations and matrices
Lecture 4 (Video) The paradox of the derivative
Lecture 5 (Video) The Brachistocrone
Lecture 6 (Video) The world's biggest vacuum chamber
Lecture 7 (Video) Galileo Galilei - in a nutshell
Lecture 8 (Video) Does Water Swirl the Other Way in the Southern Hemisphere?
Lecture 9 (Video) Foucault's Pendulum
Lecture 10 (Video) Pendulum Waves
Lecture 11 (Video) What is Energy?
Lecture 12 (Video) Optimising a Trebuchet
Lecture 13 (Video) Mechanical Energy Conservation
Lecture 14 (Video) What IS Angular Momentum?
Lecture 15 (Video) What is Gravity?
Lecture 16 (Video) Why the solar system can exist
Lecture 17 (Video) Feynman's Lost Lecture
Lecture 18 (Video) Simple Harmonic Motion: Crash Course Physics
Lecture 19 (Video) Coupled Oscillators
Lecture 20 (Video) THAT Black Hole picture ⚫
Lecture 21 (Video) Slow Motion Flipping Cat Physics
Lecture 22 (Video) It's Rocket Science! with Professor Chris Bishop
Lecture 23 (Video) Walter Lewin demonstrates moment of inertia
Lecture 24 (Video) Backspin Basketball Flies Off Dam
Lecture 25 (Video) Anti-Gravity Wheel?
Lecture 26 (Video) Crazy tic tac bounce!?
Aristotle said a bunch of stuff that was wrong. Galileo and Newton fixed things up. Then Einstein broke everything again. Now, we've basically got it all worked out, except for small stuff, big stuff, hot stuff, cold stuff, fast stuff, heavy stuff, dark stuff, turbulence, and the concept of time.
From: "Abridged Beyond the Point of Usefulness" by Zach Weinersmith.