Physics Fundamentalized
Summary: Eric Scheidly, a university and high school physics teacher, presents a series of live and unscripted physics lectures on classical mechanics and electricity and magnetism. Images of all of the board writing are available on the series website www.physicsfundamentalized.com or via RSS feed. Direct your feed reader to: http://www.physicsfundamentalized.com/PFDiag.rss
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Newton’s First Law is presented in its traditional form, but strong emphasis is placed on the law as a definition of force. After a short discussion of the history of inertia and the measurement of mass, forces are presented as “a natural constraint or condition that is the cause of alteration of the motion”. The four fundamental forces of nature are described and it is noted that most everyday forces are generalized versions of the electrodynamic force. Physical contact is described as an illusion. A thought experiment is proposed in which the behavior of an object under the influence of multiple forces is debated. Mass is defined as the measurement of inertia and noted to be directly proportional to the weight. Finally, a rough list of forces that one might encounter in physics problems is presented.
The Chain Rule The Power Rule The Power Rule in Kinematics Exponential Functions
Introduction to Vectors Vector Addition Vector Subtraction Component Form Unit Vectors Linear Independence The Principle of Superposition The Scalar (Dot) Product The Vector (Cross) Product
Instantaneous Quantities More on Motion Graphs
Physics as a Description of the Universe Uncertainty in Measurement The Imperfect Notion of Trajectory Kinematic Quantities Defined Units and Dimensional Analysis Graphical Analysis Limitations of Kinematics
Eric Scheidly talks about the lecture series and what he wants listeners to get out of it. He also talks about what drew him to physics and why it is so important.
Problem 004: Child on a Swing
Lecture 026: Power
Lecture 025: Work
Problem 005: Block and Slab
Lecture 024: The Work Energy Theorem
Lecture 023: Energy and Systems
Lecture 022: Viscous Drag
Lecture 021: Uniform Circular Motion
Problem 003: Pushed Incline