Essential Physics I Part 1

Essential Physics 1, is an intensive introduction to classical and special relativity, Newtonian dynamics and gravitation, Einsteinian dynamics and gravitation, and wave motion. Mathematical methods are discussed, as needed; they elements of CONTENTS......Page 6 1 MATHEMATICAL PRELIMINARIES......Page 9 2 KINEMATICS: THE GEOMETRY OF MOTION......Page 41 3 CLASSICAL AND SPECIAL RELATIVITY......Page 54 4 NEWTONIAN DYNAMICS......Page 73 5 INVARIANCE PRINCIPLES AND CONSERVATION LAWS......Page 102 6 EINSTEINIAN DYNAMICS......Page 105 7 NEWTONIAN GRAVITATION......Page 118 8 EINSTEINIAN GRAVITATION: AN INTRODUCTION TO GENERAL RELATIVITY......Page 144 9 AN INTRODUCTION TO THE CALCULUS OF VARIATIONS......Page 157 10 CONSERVATION LAWS, AGAIN......Page 166 11 CHAOS......Page 168 12 WAVE MOTION......Page 175 13 ORTHOGONAL FUNCTIONS AND FOURIER SERIES......Page 187 Appendix A......Page 195 BIBLIOGRAPHY......Page 206