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* A wiki written for students by a physics expert [http://p3server.pa.msu.edu/coursewiki/doku.php?id=183_notes MSU Physics Wiki]
* A wiki written for students by a physics expert [http://p3server.pa.msu.edu/coursewiki/doku.php?id=183_notes MSU Physics Wiki]
* A wiki book on modern physics [https://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Modern_Physics Modern Physics Wiki]
* A wiki book on modern physics [https://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Modern_Physics Modern Physics Wiki]
* A collection of 26 volumes of lecture notes by Prof. Wheeler of Reed College [https://rdc.reed.edu/c/wheeler/home/]
* The MIT open courseware for intro physics [http://ocw.mit.edu/resources/res-8-002-a-wikitextbook-for-introductory-mechanics-fall-2009/index.htm MITOCW Wiki]
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* An online concept map of intro physics [http://hyperphysics.phy-astr.gsu.edu/hbase/hph.html HyperPhysics]
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* A guide to representing equations in math mode [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Help:Displaying_a_formula Wiki Math Mode]
* A guide to representing equations in math mode [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Help:Displaying_a_formula Wiki Math Mode]
* A page to keep track of all the physics [[Constants]]
* A page to keep track of all the physics [[Constants]]
* A page for review of [[Vectors]] and vector operations
* A listing of [[Notable Scientist]] with links to their individual pages  
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==Physics 1==
==Physics 1==
===Week 1===
===Week 1===
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====Help with VPython====
====GlowScript 101====
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*[[Python Syntax]]
*[[Python Syntax]]
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*[[GlowScript]]
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====Vectors and Units====
 
 
 
 
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*[[Vectors]]
*[[SI Units]]
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*[[Newton's First Law of Motion]]
*[[Newton's First Law of Motion]]
*[[Mass]]
*[[Velocity]]
*[[Velocity]]
*[[Mass]]
*[[Speed]]
*[[Speed and Velocity]]
*[[Speed vs Velocity]]
*[[Relative Velocity]]
*[[Relative Velocity]]
*[[Derivation of Average Velocity]]
*[[Derivation of Average Velocity]]
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====Momentum and the Momentum Principle====
====Momentum and the Momentum Principle====
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*[[Momentum Principle]]
*[[Linear Momentum]]
*[[Newton's Second Law: the Momentum Principle]]
*[[Impulse and Momentum]]
*[[Net Force]]
*[[Inertia]]
*[[Inertia]]
*[[Net Force]]
*[[Derivation of the Momentum Principle]]
*[[Impulse Momentum]]
*[[Acceleration]]
*[[Acceleration]]
*[[Momentum with respect to external Forces]]
*[[Relativistic Momentum]]
*[[Relativistic Momentum]]
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====Iterative Prediction with a Constant Force====
====Iterative Prediction with a Constant Force====
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*[[Newton’s Second Law of Motion]]
*[[Iterative Prediction]]
*[[Iterative Prediction]]
*[[Kinematics]]
*[[Newton’s Laws and Linear Momentum]]
*[[Projectile Motion]]
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====Analytic Prediction with a Constant Force====
====Analytic Prediction with a Constant Force====
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*[[Analytical Prediction]]
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*[[Kinematics]]
*[[Projectile Motion]]
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====Iterative Prediction with a Varying Force====
====Iterative Prediction with a Varying Force====
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*[[Predicting Change in multiple dimensions]]
*[[Fundamentals of Iterative Prediction with Varying Force]]
*[[Spring Force]]
*[[Spring_Force]]
*[[Hooke's Law]]
*[[Simple Harmonic Motion]]
*[[Simple Harmonic Motion]]
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*[[Iterative Prediction of Spring-Mass System]]
*[[Iterative Prediction of Spring-Mass System]]
*[[Terminal Speed]]
*[[Terminal Speed]]
*[[Predicting Change in multiple dimensions]]
*[[Two Dimensional Harmonic Motion]]
*[[Determinism]]
*[[Determinism]]
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====Fundamental Interactions====
====Fundamental Interactions====
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==Main Idea==
*[[Gravitational Force]]
*[[Gravitational Force]]
*[[Fluid Mechanics]]
*[[Gravitational Force Near Earth]]
*[[An Application of Gravitational Potential]]
*[[Gravitational Force in Space and Other Applications]]
*[[3 or More Body Interactions]]
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*[[Electric Force]]
*[[Electric Force]]
*[[Introduction to Magnetic Force]]
*[[Strong and Weak Force]]
*[[Reciprocity]]
*[[Reciprocity]]
*[[Conservation of Momentum]]
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===Week 5===
===Week 5===
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====Conservation of Momentum====
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*[[Conservation of Momentum]]
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====Properties of Matter====
====Properties of Matter====
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===Week 7===
===Week 7===
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====Jeet Bhatkar====
====Energy Principle====
====Energy Principle====
The Energy Principle is a fundamental concept in physics that describes the relationship between different forms of energy and their conservation within a system. Understanding the Energy Principle is crucial for analyzing the motion and interactions of objects in various physical scenarios.
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*[[Kinetic Energy]]
Kinetic energy is the energy an object possesses due to its motion.
*[[Work/Energy]]
Potential energy arises from the position of an object relative to its surroundings. Common forms of potential energy include gravitational potential energy and elastic potential energy.
*[[The Energy Principle]]
*[[The Energy Principle]]
Work and energy are closely related concepts. Work (
𝑊) done on an object is defined as the force (
𝐹) applied to the object multiplied by the displacement (
𝑑) of the object in the direction of the force:
The Energy Principle states that the total mechanical energy of a system remains constant if only conservative forces (forces that depend only on the positions of the objects) are acting on the system.
*[[Conservation of Energy]]
*[[Conservation of Energy]]
*[[Kinetic Energy]]
The principle of conservation of energy states that the total energy of an isolated system remains constant over time. In other words, energy cannot be created or destroyed, only transformed from one form to another. This principle is a fundamental concept in physics and has wide-ranging applications in mechanics, thermodynamics, and other branches of science.
*[[Work]]
*[[Power (Mechanical)]]
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*[[Center of Mass]]
*[[Center of Mass]]
*[[Multi-particle analysis of Momentum]]
*[[Multi-particle analysis of Momentum]]
*[[Momentum with respect to external Forces]]
*[[Potential Energy of a Multiparticle System]]
*[[Potential Energy of a Multiparticle System]]
*[[Work and Energy for an Extended System]]
*[[Work and Energy for an Extended System]]
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*[[Thermal Energy]]
*[[Thermal Energy]]
*[[Specific Heat]]
*[[Specific Heat]]
*[[Heat Capacity]]
*[[Calorific Value(Heat of combustion)]]
*[[Calorific Value(Heat of combustion)]]
*[[Specific Heat Capacity]]
*[[First Law of Thermodynamics]]
*[[First Law of Thermodynamics]]
*[[Second Law of Thermodynamics and Entropy]]
*[[Second Law of Thermodynamics and Entropy]]
*[[Temperature]]
*[[Temperature]]
*[[Predicting Change]]
*[[Energy Transfer due to a Temperature Difference]]
*[[Transformation of Energy]]
*[[Transformation of Energy]]
*[[The Maxwell-Boltzmann Distribution]]
*[[The Maxwell-Boltzmann Distribution]]
*[[Air Resistance]]
*[[Air Resistance]]
*[[The Third Law of Thermodynamics]]
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*[[Translational, Rotational and Vibrational Energy]]
*[[Translational, Rotational and Vibrational Energy]]
*[[Rolling Motion]]
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====Models of Friction====
====Friction====
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*[[Friction]]
*[[Friction]]
*[[Static Friction]]
*[[Static Friction]]
*[[Kinetic Friction]]
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===Week 12===
===Week 12===
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====Conservation of Momentum====
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*[[Conservation of Momentum]]
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====Collisions====
====Collisions====
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====Rotations====
====Rotations====
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*[[Rotation]]
*[[Rotational Kinematics]]
*[[Angular Velocity]]
*[[Eulerian Angles]]
*[[Eulerian Angles]]
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====Angular Momentum====
====Angular Momentum====
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*[[Rotational Angular Momentum]]
*[[Rotational Angular Momentum]]
*[[The Angular Momentum Principle]]
*[[The Angular Momentum Principle]]
*[[Angular Momentum Compared to Linear Momentum]]
*[[Angular Impulse]]
*[[Angular Impulse]]
*[[Predicting the Position of a Rotating System]]
*[[Predicting the Position of a Rotating System]]
*[[Angular Momentum of Multiparticle Systems]]
*[[The Moments of Inertia]]
*[[The Moments of Inertia]]
*[[Moment of Inertia for a cylinder]]
*[[Right Hand Rule]]
*[[Right Hand Rule]]
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*[[Energy graphs and the Bohr model]]
*[[Energy graphs and the Bohr model]]
*[[Quantized energy levels]]
*[[Quantized energy levels]]
*[[Quantized energy levels part II]]
*[[Electron transitions]]
*[[Entropy]]
*[[Entropy]]
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====Dipoles====
====Dipoles====
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===Week 3===
===Week 3===
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====Insulators====
====Conductors and Insulators====
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*[[Conductivity and Resistivity]]
*[[Insulators]]
*[[Insulators]]
*[[Potential Difference in an Insulator]]
*[[Potential Difference in an Insulator]]
*[[Charged Conductor and Charged Insulator]]
*[[Conductors]]
*[[Charged conductor and charged insulator]]
*[[Polarization of a conductor]]
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====Conductors====
 
====Charging and Discharging====
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*[[Conductivity]]
*[[Charge Transfer]]
*[[Charge Transfer]]
*[[Resistivity]]
*[[Electrostatic Discharge]]
*[[Polarization of a conductor]]
*[[Charged Conductor and Charged Insulator]]
*[[Charged Conductor and Charged Insulator]]
*[[Charged conductor and charged insulator]]
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===Week 4===
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====Field of a charged rod====
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*[[Field of a Charged Rod|Charged Rod]]
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====Field of a charged ring/disk/capacitor====
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*[[Charged Ring]]
*[[Charged Disk]]
*[[Charged Capacitor]]
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</div>
 
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====Field of a charged sphere====
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*[[Charged Spherical Shell]]
*[[Field of a Charged Ball]]
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===Week 5===
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====Potential energy====
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*[[Potential Energy]]
</div>
</div>
 
<div class="toccolours mw-collapsible mw-collapsed">
 
====Electric potential====
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*[[Electric Potential]]
*[[Path Independence of Electric Potential]]
*[[Potential Difference Path Independence, claimed by Aditya Mohile]]
*[[Potential Difference in a Uniform Field]]
*[[Potential Difference of Point Charge in a Non-Uniform Field]]
</div>
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====Sign of a potential difference====
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*[[Sign of a Potential Difference]]
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====Potential at a single location====
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*[[Electric Potential]]
*[[Potential Difference at One Location]]
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</div>
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====Charging and Discharging====
 
====Path independence and round trip potential====
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*[[Path Independence of Electric Potential]]
*[[Potential Difference Path Independence, claimed by Aditya Mohile]]
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</div>
 
===Week 6===
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====Electric field and potential in an insulator====
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*[[Potential Difference in an Insulator]]
*[[Electric Field in an Insulator]]
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====Moving charges in a magnetic field====
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*[[Magnetic Field]]
*[[Magnetic Force]]
*[[Lorentz Force]]
</div>
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====Biot-Savart Law====
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*[[Biot-Savart Law]]
*[[Biot-Savart Law for Currents]]
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</div>
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====Moving charges, electron current, and conventional current====
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*[[Moving Point Charge]]
*[[Current]]
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</div>
 
===Week 7===
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====Magnetic field of a wire====
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*[[Magnetic Field of a Long Straight Wire]]
*[[Magnetic Field of a Curved Wire]]
</div>
</div>
 
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====Magnetic field of a current-carrying loop====
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*[[Magnetic Field of a Loop]]
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</div>
 
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====Magnetic field of a Charged Disk====
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*[[Magnetic Field of a Disk]]
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</div>
 
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====Magnetic dipoles====
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*[[Magnetic Dipole Moment]]
*[[Bar Magnet]]
</div>
</div>
 
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====Atomic structure of magnets====
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*[[Atomic Structure of Magnets]]
</div>
</div>
 
===Week 8===
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====Circuitry Basics====
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*[[Understanding Fundamentals of Current, Voltage, and Resistance]]
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</div>
 
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====Steady state current====
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*[[Steady State]]
*[[Non Steady State]]
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</div>
 
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====Kirchoff's Laws====
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*[[Kirchoff's Laws]]
</div>
</div>
 
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====Electric fields and energy in circuits====
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*[[Electric Potential Difference]]
</div>
</div>
 
<div class="toccolours mw-collapsible mw-collapsed">
 
====Macroscopic analysis of circuits====
<div class="mw-collapsible-content">
*[[Series Circuits]]
*[[Parallel Circuits]]
*[[Parallel Circuits vs. Series Circuits*]]
*[[Loop Rule]]
*[[Node Rule]]
*[[Fundamentals of Resistance]]
*[[Problem Solving]]
</div>
</div>
 
===Week 9===
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====Electric field and potential in circuits with capacitors====
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*[[Charging and Discharging a Capacitor]]
*[[RC Circuit]]
*[[R Circuit]]
*[[AC and DC]]
</div>
</div>
 
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====Magnetic forces on charges and currents====
<div class="mw-collapsible-content">
*[[Magnetic Force]]
*[[Lorentz Force]]
*[[Motors and Generators]]
*[[Applying Magnetic Force to Currents]]
*[[Magnetic Force in a Moving Reference Frame]]
*[[Right-Hand Rule]]
*[[Analysis of Railgun vs Coil gun technologies]]
</div>
</div>
 
<div class="toccolours mw-collapsible mw-collapsed">
 
====Electric and magnetic forces====
<div class="mw-collapsible-content">
*[[Electric Force]]
*[[Magnetic Force]]
*[[Lorentz Force]]
*[[VPython Modelling of Electric and Magnetic Forces]]
</div>
</div>
 
<div class="toccolours mw-collapsible mw-collapsed">
 
====Velocity selector====
<div class="mw-collapsible-content">
*[[Lorentz Force]]
*[[Combining Electric and Magnetic Forces]]
</div>
</div>
 
===Week 10===
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====Hall Effect====
<div class="mw-collapsible-content">
*[[Hall Effect]]
*[[Right-Hand Rule]]
*[[Motional Emf]]
*[[Magnetic Force]]
*[[Magnetic Torque]]
</div>
 
====Magnetic force====
<div class="mw-collapsible-content">
*[[Magnetic Force]]
*[[Lorentz Force]]
</div>
</div>
 
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====Magnetic torque====
<div class="mw-collapsible-content">
*[[Magnetic Torque]]
*[[Right-Hand Rule]]
</div>
</div>
 
===Week 12===
 
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====Gauss's Law====
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*[[Gauss's Flux Theorem]]
*[[Gauss's Law]]
*[[Magnetic Flux]]
</div>
</div>
 
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====Ampere's Law====
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*[[Ampere's Law]]
*[[Ampere-Maxwell Law]]
*[[Magnetic Field of Coaxial Cable Using Ampere's Law]]
*[[Magnetic Field of a Long Thick Wire Using Ampere's Law]]
*[[Magnetic Field of a Toroid Using Ampere's Law]]
*[[Magnetic Field of a Solenoid Using Ampere's Law]]
*[[The Differential Form of Ampere's Law]]
</div>
</div>
 
===Week 13===
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====Semiconductors====
<div class="mw-collapsible-content">
*[[Semiconductor Devices]]
</div>
</div>
 
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====Faraday's Law====
<div class="mw-collapsible-content">
*[[Faraday's Law]]
*[[Motional Emf using Faraday's Law]]
*[[Lenz's Law]]
 
</div>
</div>
 
<div class="toccolours mw-collapsible mw-collapsed">
 
====Maxwell's equations====
<div class="mw-collapsible-content">
*[[Gauss's Law]]
*[[Magnetic Flux]]
*[[Ampere's Law]]
*[[Faraday's Law]]
*[[Maxwell's Electromagnetic Theory]]
</div>
</div>
 
===Week 14===
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====Circuits revisited====
<div class="mw-collapsible-content">
 
</div>
</div>
 
<div class="toccolours mw-collapsible mw-collapsed">
 
====Inductors====
<div class="mw-collapsible-content">
*[[Inductors]]
*[[Current in an LC Circuit]]
*[[Current in an RL Circuit]]
</div>
</div>
 
===Week 15===
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==== Electromagnetic Radiation ====
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*[[Electromagnetic Radiation]]
</div>
</div>
 
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====Sparks in the air====
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*[[Sparks in Air]]
*[[Spark Plugs]]
</div>
</div>
 
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====Superconductors====
<div class="mw-collapsible-content">
*[[Superconducters]]
*[[Superconductors]]
*[[Meissner effect]]
</div>
</div>
</div>
 
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==Physics 3==
 
===Week 1===
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====Classical Physics====
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*[[Classical Physics]]
</div>
</div>
 
[[Category:Which Category did you place this in?]]
 
===Weeks 2 and 3===
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====Special Relativity and the Lorentz Transformation====
<div class="mw-collapsible-content">
<div class="mw-collapsible-content">
*[[Charge Transfer]]
*[[Frame of Reference]]
*[[Electrostatic Discharge]]
 
*[[Charged Conductor and Charged Insulator]]
*[[Einstein's Theory of Special Relativity]]
*[[Charged conductor and charged insulator]]
*[[Time Dilation]]
*[[Lorentz Transformations]]
*[[Relativistic Doppler Effect]]
*[[Einstein's Theory of General Relativity]]
*[[Albert A. Micheleson & Edward W. Morley]]
*[[Magnetic Force in a Moving Reference Frame]]
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===Week 4===
===Week 4===
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====Field of a Charged Rod====
====Photons and the Photoelectric Effect====
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*[[Spontaneous Photon Emission]]
*[[Light Scattering]]
*[[Lasers]]
*[[Electronic Energy Levels and Photons]]
*[[Quantum Properties of Light]]
*[[The Photoelectric Effect]]
</div>
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===Weeks 5 and 6===
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====Matter Waves and Wave-Particle Duality====
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*[[Wave-Particle Duality]]
*[[Particle in a 1-Dimensional box]]
*[[Heisenberg Uncertainty Principle]]
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===Week 7===
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====Wave Mechanics====
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*[[Standing Waves]]
*[[Wavelength]]
*[[Wavelength and Frequency]]
*[[Mechanical Waves]]
*[[Transverse and Longitudinal Waves]]
*[[Fourier Series and Transform]]
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</div>
 
===Week 8===
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====Schrödinger Equation====
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*[[The Born Rule]]
*[[Solution for a Single Free Particle]]
*[[Solution for a Single Particle in an Infinite Quantum Well - Darin]]
*[[Solution for a Single Particle in a Semi-Infinite Quantum Well]]
*[[Quantum Harmonic Oscillator]]
*[[Solution for Simple Harmonic Oscillator]]
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===Week 9===
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====Quantum Mechanics====
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*[[Quantum Tunneling through Potential Barriers]]
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====The Hydrogen Atom====
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*[[Quantum Theory]]
*[[Atomic Theory]]
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===Week 10===
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====Rutherford-Bohr Model====
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*[[Rutherford Experiment and Atomic Collisions]]
*[[Bohr Model]]
*[[Quantized energy levels]]
*[[Energy graphs and the Bohr model]]
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===Week 11===
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====Many-Electron Atoms====
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*[[Quantum Theory]]
*[[Atomic Theory]]
*[[Pauli exclusion principle]]
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===Week 12===
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====The Nucleus====
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*[[Nucleus]]
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===Week 13===
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====Molecules====
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*[[Molecules]]
*[[Covalent Bonds]]
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===Week 14===
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====Statistical Physics====
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*[[Application of Statistics in Physics]]
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===Week 15===
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====Statistical Physics====
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*[[Temperature & Entropy]]
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===Additional Topics===
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====Condensed Matter Physics====
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====Nuclear Physics====
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*[[Nuclear Fission]]
*[[Nuclear Energy from Fission and Fusion]]
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====Particle Physics====
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*[[Elementary Particles and Particle Physics Theory]]
*[[String Theory]]
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</div>
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Physics 1

Week 1

GlowScript 101

VPython

Vectors and Units

Interactions

Velocity and Momentum

Week 2

Momentum and the Momentum Principle

Iterative Prediction with a Constant Force

Week 3

Analytic Prediction with a Constant Force

Iterative Prediction with a Varying Force

Week 4

Fundamental Interactions

Week 5

Properties of Matter

Week 6

Identifying Forces

Curving Motion

Week 7

Jeet Bhatkar

Energy Principle

The Energy Principle is a fundamental concept in physics that describes the relationship between different forms of energy and their conservation within a system. Understanding the Energy Principle is crucial for analyzing the motion and interactions of objects in various physical scenarios.

Kinetic energy is the energy an object possesses due to its motion.

Potential energy arises from the position of an object relative to its surroundings. Common forms of potential energy include gravitational potential energy and elastic potential energy.

Work and energy are closely related concepts. Work ( 𝑊) done on an object is defined as the force ( 𝐹) applied to the object multiplied by the displacement ( 𝑑) of the object in the direction of the force: The Energy Principle states that the total mechanical energy of a system remains constant if only conservative forces (forces that depend only on the positions of the objects) are acting on the system.

The principle of conservation of energy states that the total energy of an isolated system remains constant over time. In other words, energy cannot be created or destroyed, only transformed from one form to another. This principle is a fundamental concept in physics and has wide-ranging applications in mechanics, thermodynamics, and other branches of science.

Week 8

Work by Non-Constant Forces

Potential Energy

Week 9

Multiparticle Systems

Week 10

Choice of System

Thermal Energy, Dissipation, and Transfer of Energy

Rotational and Vibrational Energy

Week 11

Different Models of a System

Friction

Week 12

Conservation of Momentum

Collisions

Week 13

Rotations

Angular Momentum

Week 14

Analyzing Motion with and without Torque

Week 15

Introduction to Quantum Concepts

Physics 2

Week 1

3D Vectors

Electric field

Electric force

Electric field of a point particle

Superposition

Dipoles

Week 2

Interactions of charged objects

Tape experiments

Polarization

Week 3

Conductors and Insulators

Charging and Discharging

Week 4

Field of a charged rod

Field of a charged ring/disk/capacitor

Field of a charged sphere

Week 5

Potential energy

Electric potential

Sign of a potential difference

Potential at a single location

Path independence and round trip potential

Week 6

Electric field and potential in an insulator

Moving charges in a magnetic field

Biot-Savart Law

Moving charges, electron current, and conventional current

Week 7

Magnetic field of a wire

Magnetic field of a current-carrying loop

Magnetic field of a Charged Disk

Magnetic dipoles

Atomic structure of magnets

Week 8

Circuitry Basics

Steady state current

Kirchoff's Laws

Electric fields and energy in circuits

Macroscopic analysis of circuits

Week 9

Electric field and potential in circuits with capacitors

Magnetic forces on charges and currents

Electric and magnetic forces

Velocity selector

Week 10

Hall Effect

Magnetic force

Magnetic torque

Week 12

Gauss's Law

Ampere's Law

Week 13

Semiconductors

Faraday's Law

Maxwell's equations

Week 14

Circuits revisited

Inductors

Week 15

Electromagnetic Radiation

Sparks in the air

Superconductors

Physics 3

Week 1

Classical Physics

Weeks 2 and 3

Special Relativity and the Lorentz Transformation

Week 4

Photons and the Photoelectric Effect

Weeks 5 and 6

Matter Waves and Wave-Particle Duality

Week 7

Wave Mechanics

Week 8

Schrödinger Equation

Week 9

Quantum Mechanics

The Hydrogen Atom

Week 10

Rutherford-Bohr Model

Week 11

Many-Electron Atoms

Week 12

The Nucleus

Week 13

Molecules

Week 14

Statistical Physics

Week 15

Statistical Physics

Additional Topics

Condensed Matter Physics

Nuclear Physics

Particle Physics

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