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Scientific Method
001 Scientific Statements
002 Why Science Works
003 Technology
004 Aristotle the Observer
005 Galileo the Experimenter
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Kinematics
006 Time and Position
007 Change
008 Velocity of a Moving Object
009 Acceleration of a Moving Object
010 The Universality of Free Fall
011 Galileo's Incline Experiments
012 Constant Acceleration: Falling Objects
013 Projectile Motion
a24 Angle Measure
a25 Angular Velocity and Acceleration
a26 Artificial Gravity
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Dynamics:Newton's Laws
014 I. Inertia
015 Mass
016 II. Force and Mass: F=ma
017 Some Forces
018 III. Action - Reaction
019 Work
020 Potential Energy
021 Kinetic Energy
022 Conservation of Total Energy
023 Power
a27 The Law of Torque and Inertia
a28 Conservation of Angular Momentum
g29 The Planetary Motion Problem
g30 Kepler's Laws of Planetary Motion
g31 Newton's Law of Universal Gravitation
g32 The Tides
g33 The Gravitational Field
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Relativity
r34 When Physics Failed: Maxwell and the Speed of Light
r35 A Problem with Relativity
r36 The Michelson Morely Experiment
r37 Maps of Space: Recall how they work
r38 Maps of Spacetime
r39 Map of a Moving Reference Frame
r40 Moving Clocks
r41 The Twin Paradox
r42 Relativistic Kinetic Energy
r43 The Equivalence Principle: Einstein's Theory of Gravity
r44 Curved Spacetime: General Relativity
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Electricity
076 Forces Between Charges (Qualitative)
077 Coulomb's Force Law
078 Mobility of Charges (Conductors, Insulators, etc.)
079 Polarization of Charges
080 Definition of an Electric Field
081 The Lines of Force Model
082 Electric Potential Energy
083 Definition of Electric Potential
084 Electric Current
085 Mechanical Model
086 Electrical Resistance
087 Alternating Current
088 Electric Power
089 Series Circuits
090 Parallel Circuits
091 Household Circuits (Under Construction)
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Magnetism
092 Magnetic Poles
093 Origin of Magnetic Fields (Left-hand Rule)
094 Ferromagnets
095 Forces on Moving Charges
096 Induction
097 Transformers
098 Electromagnetic Waves (Generation)
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Properties of Materials
m45 Atoms and Molecules
m46 Weighing Atoms
m47 Electronic Forces
m48 Building Blocks of Atoms
m49 Models of the Atom
m50 Antimatter
m51 The Unstable Particle Zoo
Modules in the following areas are under construction:
States of Matter
Sizes of Things
Pressure and Buoyancy
Heat and Temperature
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Optics
099 Wave Properties
100 The Electromagnetic Spectrum
101 Interactions Inside Matter (Transparent & Opaque Materials)
102 Interactions at Boundaries (Reflection and Refraction)
103 Dispersion Effects (Prisms)
104 The Ray Approximation
105 Images
106 Lenses
107 Optical Instruments
108 Optical Aberrations
109 Anatomy (The Eye)
110 Image Processing (Human Visual System)
111 Color
112 Fuzzy Shadows (Diffraction)
113 Interference
114 Polarization
115 Holograms
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Modern Physics
116 The Black Body Mystery (E=hf, Wien's Law)
117 The Photoelectric Effect
118 Atomic Spectra
119 Lasers
120 The Bohr Atom
121 Electrons are Waves (deBroglie, Davisson-Germer Experiment)
122 The Uncertainty Principle
123 Quantum Mechanics (Probability amplitudes)
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