Lectures on Physics
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Light and Matter
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parallel resistors
Two lamps on the same household circuit
Three resistors in parallel
An arbitrary number of identical resistors in parallel
particle zoo
Simplifying the Energy Zoo
particle-wave duality
Electrons as Waves
Pauli exclusion principle
Atoms With More Than One Electron
peak-to-peak amplitude
Period, Frequency, and Amplitude
pendulum
Simple Harmonic Motion
The pendulum
period
Period and Frequency
periodic motion
Period, Frequency, and Amplitude
Summary - Vibrations
periodic table
The Chemical Elements
periodic wave
Summary - Wave Motion
perpendicular force
Work in Three Dimensions
Summary - Perpendicular Forces
perpetual motion machine
The Search for a Perpetual Motion Machine
photo credits
Photo Credits
photoelectric effect
The photoelectric effect
physics
Why a New Physics Textbook?
Learning to Hate Physics?
Introduction and Review
What Is Physics?
Summary - Introduction to Physics
Pierre Curie
Radioactivity
Planck’s constant
The photoelectric effect
planetary atom model
The Planetary Model of the Atom
planetary motion
Angular Momentum in Planetary Motion
Pluto
Pluto and Charon
polarization
Polarization
polygraph
Applications of Resistors
pool balls
Pool balls colliding head-on
pool pump
Getting killed by a pool pump
potential energy
Potential Energy
All Energy is Potential or Kinetic
Homework Problems
Dropping a rock
Work and Potential Energy
Summary - Work
Gravitational potential energy
Self-Check Potential Energy
Gravitational Potential Energy
pounds per square inch
Pressure in U.S. units
power
Power
Force, Energy, and Power
Power dissipated by a battery and bulb
prefix
Less Common Metric Prefixes
pressure
Pressure and Temperature
Pressure
Pressure, volume, and temperature
Pressure in U.S. units
Pressure of lava underneath a volcano
pressure gauge
Pressure
principle of induction
Summary - Magnetism
principle of inertia
Newtons First Law
Summary - Motion
principle of relativity
The Principle of Relativity
Summary - Relativity
probability
Applications of Calculus
Summary - Randomness
problems
Homework Problems - Conservation of Energy
Homework Problems
Homework Problems
Homework Problems
Homework Problems
Homework Problems
Homework problems
Homework problems
Homework problems
Homework problems
Homework problems
Homework problems
Homework Problems 2
Homework Problems 1
Homework problems
Homework problems
Homework Problems
proton
The Proton
Summary - Atom
psi
Pressure in U.S. units
pulley
Simple Machines: The Pulley
pump
Getting killed by a pool pump
Last Update: 2011-03-23