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Discover science's most fundamental branch in this course that covers Newtonian mechanics, thermodynamics, electromagnetism, optics, quantum theory, and more.

Syllabus

  • 01: The Fundamental Science
  • 02: Languages of Physics
  • 03: Describing Motion
  • 04: Falling Freely
  • 05: It's a 3-D World!
  • 06: Going in Circles
  • 07: Causes of Motion
  • 08: Using Newton's Laws-1-D motion
  • 09: Action and Reaction
  • 10: Newton's Laws in 2 and 3 Dimensions
  • 11: Work and Energy
  • 12: Using Energy Conservation
  • 13: Gravity
  • 14: Systems of Particles
  • 15: Rotational Motion
  • 16: Keeping Still
  • 17: Back and Forth-Oscillatory Motion
  • 18: Making Waves
  • 19: Fluid Statics-The Tip of the Iceberg
  • 20: Fluid Dynamics
  • 21: Heat and Temperature
  • 22: Heat Transfer
  • 23: Matter and Heat
  • 24: The Ideal Gas
  • 25: Heat and Work
  • 26: Entropy-The Second Law of Thermodynamics
  • 27: Consequences of the Second Law
  • 28: A Charged World
  • 29: The Electric Field
  • 30: Electric Potential
  • 31: Electric Energy
  • 32: Electric Current
  • 33: Electric Circuits
  • 34: Magnetism
  • 35: The Origin of Magnetism
  • 36: Electromagnetic Induction
  • 37: Applications of Electromagnetic Induction
  • 38: Magnetic Energy
  • 39: AC/DC
  • 40: Electromagnetic Waves
  • 41: Reflection and Refraction
  • 42: Imaging
  • 43: Wave Optics
  • 44: Cracks in the Classical Picture
  • 45: Earth, Ether, Light
  • 46: Special Relativity
  • 47: Time and Space
  • 48: Space-Time and Mass-Energy
  • 49: General Relativity
  • 50: Introducing the Quantum
  • 51: Atomic Quandaries
  • 52: Wave or Particle?
  • 53: Quantum Mechanics
  • 54: Atoms
  • 55: Molecules and Solids
  • 56: The Atomic Nucleus
  • 57: Energy from the Nucleus
  • 58: The Particle Zoo
  • 59: An Evolving Universe
  • 60: Humble Physics-What We Don't Know
  • By This Professor

Taught by

Richard Wolfson

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