Lesson content
Introduction & Syllabus
Lec 1 Powers of Ten
Lec 2 1D Kinematics - Speed - Velocity - Acceleration
Lec 3 Vectors - Dot Products - Cross Products - 3D Kinematics
Lec 4 3D Kinematics - Free Falling Reference Frames
Lec 5 Circular Motion - Centrifuges Moving - Reference Frames - Perceived Gravity
Lec 6 Newton's Laws
Lec 7 Weight - Perceived Gravity - Weightlessness Free Fall - Zero Gravity in Orbit (misnomer)
Lec 8 Friction
Lec 9 Exam Review
Lec 10 Hooke's Law - Springs - Simple Harmonic Motion - Pendulum - Small Angle Approximation
Lec 11 work,, etc.
Lec 12 Non-Conservative Forces - Resistive Forces - Air Drag - Terminal Velocity
Lec 13 Potential Energy - Energy Considerations to Derive Simple Harmonic Motion
Lec 14 Escape Velocities etc.
Lec 15 Momentum - Conservation of Momentum - Center of Mass
Lec 16 Collisions - Elastic and Inelastic - Center of Mass Frame of Reference
Lec 17 Impulse - Rockets
Lec 18 Exam Review
Lec 19 Rotating Rigid Bodies misc.
Lec 20 Rotating Rigid Bodies misc.
Lec 21 Torques - Oscillating Bodies - Hoops
Lec 22 Kepler's Laws - Elliptical Orbits - Satellites - Change of Orbits - Ham Sandwich
Lec 23 Doppler Effect - Binary Stars - Neutron Stars and Black Holes
Lec 24 Rolling Motion - Gyroscopes - VERY NON-INTUITIVE
Lec 25 Static Equilibrium - Stability - Rope Walker
Lec 26 Elasticity - Young's Modulus
Lec 27 Fluid Mechanics etc.
Lec 28 Hydrostatics misc.
Lec 29 Exam Review
Lec 30 Simple Harmonic Oscillations - Energy Considerations - Torsional Pendulum
Lec 31 Forced Oscillations - Normal Modes - Resonance - Natural Frequencies - Musical Instruments
Lec 32 Heat - Thermal Expansion
Lec 33 Kinetic Gas Theory misc.
Lec 34 The Wonderful Quantum World - Breakdown of Classical Mechanics
Lec 35 Farewell Special - High-energy Astrophysics