Lectures in Physics
has been derived from Benjamin Crowell's
Light and Matter
series of free introductory textbooks on physics. See the
editorial
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Index
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Preface
Newtonian Physics
Conservation Laws
Vibration and Waves
Electricity
Preface
Electricity and the Atom
The Nucleus
Circuits
Fields of Force
Introduction
Why Fields?
The Gravitational Field
Gravitational Waves
The Electric Field
Dipoles
Voltage related to electric field
Discussion Questions - Electric Fields
Voltage for Nonuniform Fields
Two or Three Dimensions
Electric Field of a Continuous Charge Distribution
Examples
Gravitational field of the earth
Reduction in gravity on Io due to Jupiter’s gravity
Superposition of electric fields
Dipole moment of a molecule of NaCl gas
Field generated by an electric eel
Relating the units of electric field and voltage
Voltage associated with a point charge
Field of a uniformly charged rod
Summary
Homework problems
Electromagnetism
Exercises
Optics
Modern Physics
Appendix
Last Update: 2006-Mär-22