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Simple Nature - Light and Matter

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Momentum compared to kinetic energy, 134.—Collisions in onedimension, 136.—The center of mass, 140.—The center of massframe of reference, 144.3.2 Force In One Dimension . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 145Momentum transfer, 145.—Newton’s laws, 147.—What force isnot, 150.—Forces between solids, 152.—Fluid friction, 155.—Analysisof forces, 156.—Transmission of forces by low-mass objects, 158.—Work, 160.—<strong>Simple</strong> Machines, 167.—Force related to interactionenergy, 168.3.3 Resonance. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 171Damped, free motion, 172.—The quality factor, 175.—Driven motion,176.3.4 Motion In Three Dimensions . . . . . . . . . . . . 187The Cartesian perspective, 187.—Rotational invariance, 190.—Vectors,193.—Calculus with vectors, 208.—The dot product, 212.—Gradients<strong>and</strong> line integrals (optional), 215.Problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 218Exercises . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2384 Conservation of Angular Momentum4.1 Angular Momentum In Two Dimensions . . . . . . . . 245Angular momentum, 245.—Application to planetary motion, 250.—Two theorems about angular momentum, 252.—Torque, 254.—Applications to statics, 259.—Proof of Kepler’s elliptical orbit law,262.4.2 Rigid-Body Rotation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 265Kinematics, 265.—Relations between angular quantities <strong>and</strong> motionof a point, 266.—Dynamics, 268.—Iterated integrals, 270.—Finding moments of inertia by integration, 273.4.3 Angular Momentum In Three Dimensions . . . . . . . 278Rigid-body kinematics in three dimensions, 278.—Angular momentumin three dimensions, 280.—Rigid-body dynamics in threedimensions, 285.Problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 288Exercises . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2965 Thermodynamics5.1 Pressure <strong>and</strong> Temperature . . . . . . . . . . . . . 298Pressure, 298.—Temperature, 302.5.2 Microscopic Description of An Ideal Gas . . . . . . . 305Evidence for the kinetic theory, 305.—Pressure, volume, <strong>and</strong> temperature,306.5.3 Entropy As a Macroscopic Quantity . . . . . . . . . 309Efficiency <strong>and</strong> grades of energy, 309.—Heat engines, 310.—Entropy,312.5.4 Entropy As a Microscopic Quantity . . . . . . . . . . 316A microscopic view of entropy, 316.—Phase space, 317.—Microscopicdefinitions of entropy <strong>and</strong> temperature, 318.—The arrow of time,or “this way to the Big Bang”, 326.—Quantum mechanics <strong>and</strong> zeroentropy, 327.—Summary of the laws of thermodynamics, 328.8 Contents

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