COURSE HANDOUTS

• Use of Inverse Trigonometric Functions with Electronic Calculators
• Trigonometric Identities
• Linear Regression
• Unit Conversion Tables
• Projectile Motion
• Newton's Method
• Vector Multiplication
• Rolling Bodies
• Rotating Bodies
• The Coriolis Force
• Weighted Averages
• Celestial Mechanics
• Kepler's Laws
• Gauss's Law for Gravity
• Mass of "Big Brother" in 2010: Odyssey Two
• Lagrangian and Hamiltonian Mechanics
• Quantum Mechanics
• Special Relativity
• The Nonlinear Pendulum
• Photometry
• Optics of the Hubble Space Telescope
• Dimensional Analysis
• The Arithmetic-Geometric Mean
• The Factorial Function, n!
• The Resistor Color Code
• SI / Gaussian Formula Conversion Table
• The World Ceres
• The Calculus
• Integration by Parts
• Tips on Working Physics Problems

Physics Recreations

1. Creating Your Own System of Units
2. Helmert's Equation
3. Benford's Law
4. Bicycle Gearing
5. The Slide Rule
6. The Rocket Equation
7. Galileo's Law
8. Leap Seconds
9. Radiation Exposure
10. Music
11. The Doomsday Algorithm
12. A Puzzle in Esperanto
13. Citizen Science
14. A Message to Extraterrestrials
15. The Bikes and the Bee
16. Microwave Oven Cooking
17. A Mathematical Puzzle
18. The Coronavirus and Social Distancing

Course Handouts

1. Introductory Physics II (PHY 1020)
2. General Physics I (PHY 1030)
3. Thermodynamics

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