Lectures in Physics has been derived from Benjamin Crowell's Light and Matter series of free introductory textbooks on physics. See the editorial for more information....


 
   

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Preface
Newtonian Physics
Conservation Laws
Vibration and Waves
Electricity
Optics
Modern Physics
Relativity
Rules of Randomness
Rules of Randomness
Randomness Isn’t Random
Calculating Randomness
Probability Distributions
Exponential Decay and Half-Life
Applications of Calculus
Examples
Looking for tall basketball players
C Dating
Radioactive contamination at Chernobyl
The hot potato
Probability distribution for radioactive decay
Average lifetime
Summary
Homework Problems
Light as a Particle
Matter as a Wave
The Atom
Exercises
Appendix

Last Update: 2006-Mär-22