Physics for beginners

... by Matthew Raspanti

00-PREFACE..(pdf)
01-INTRODUCTION..(pdf)
02-HEAVENLY MOTIONS..(pdf)
03-LAWS OF MOTION ..(pdf)
04-ENERGY ..(pdf)
05-ATOMS AND MOLECULES ..(pdf)
06-PARTICLES IN MOTION ..(pdf)
07-WAVES ..(pdf)
08-LIGHT ..(pdf)
09-ELECTROMAGNETISM ..(pdf)
10-A PUZZLING INCONSISTENCY ..(pdf)

11-THE ELUSIVE ETHER ..(pdf)
12-SPECIAL RELATIVITY ..(pdf)
13-GENERAL RELATIVITY ..(pdf)
14-INSIDE THE ATOM ..(pdf)
15-THE QUANTUM LEAP ..(pdf)
16-QUANTUM MECHANICS ..(pdf)
17-QUANTUM INTERPRETATIONS ..(pdf)
18-FUNDAMENTAL PARTICLES AND FORCES ..(pdf)
19-A COSMIC PERSPECTIVE ..(pdf)
20-POSTSCRIPT REFERENCES INDEX NOTES..(pdf)
Introduction by Guy Vandegrift

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Shows differential for integrating Biot-Savart Law File:Rail gun.jpg Electromagnetic momentum archery analogy The first four terms of the Fourier series of a square wave,  ψ ( x ) = 4 π sin ⁡ ( π x ) {\displaystyle \psi (x)={\frac {4}{\pi }}\sin(\pi x)} + 4 3 π sin ⁡ ( 3 π x ) {\displaystyle +{\frac {4}{3\pi }}\sin(3\pi x)} + 4 5 π sin ⁡ ( 5 π x ) {\displaystyle +{\frac {4}{5\pi }}\sin(5\pi x)} + 4 7 π sin ⁡ ( 7 π x ) + … {\displaystyle +{\frac {4}{7\pi }}\sin(7\pi x)+\ldots } = ∑ odd  n = 1 ∞ 4 n π sin ⁡ ( n π x ) {\displaystyle =\sum _{{\text{odd }}n=1}^{\infty }{\frac {4}{n\pi }}\sin(n\pi x)} .  Figure for calculating wave equation for transverse string waves Five fair coins to illustrate the additive property of Shannon's information entropy Shannon's entropy for unfair coin Establishes that 3 items have 3!=6 permutations. 5 choose 3 versus permutation of ordered set of five objects.

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* wikibooks: Electronics/Photocopier

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