Feynman's tips on physics : a problem-solving supplement to the Feynman lectures on physics / Richard P. Feynman , Michael A. Gottlieb, Ralph Leighton ; with a memoir by Matthew Sands ; exercises and answers by Robert B. Leighton , Rochus E. Vogt.

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Feynman, Richard P. (Richard Phillips), 1918-1988

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Material type: Text

TextPublication details: San Francisco : Addison-Wesley, c2006.Description: xiii, 162 p. : ill. ; 24 cmContent type:

text

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unmediated

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volume

ISBN:

0805390634

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DDC classification:

21 530.076 F.R.F.

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Abstract

Contents:

Mathematics for physics -- Differentiation -- Integration -- Vectors -- Differentiating vectors -- Line integrals -- Triangulation -- Physical laws -- Nonrelativist approximation -- Motion with forces -- Learning physics by example -- Understanding physics physically -- A problem in machine design -- Earth's escape velocity -- Finding the acceleration of the weight using geometry -- Finding the acceleration of the weight using trigonometry -- Finding the force on the weight using torque and angular momentum -- Satellite motion -- Discovery of the atomic nucleus -- Fundamental rocket equation -- Numerical integration -- Chemical rockets -- Ion propulsion rockets -- Photon propulsion rockets -- Electrostatic proton beam deflector -- Determining the mass of the pi meson -- A demonstration gyroscope -- The directional gyro -- The artificial horizon -- A ship-stabilizing gyro -- Gyrocompass -- Improvements in gyroscopes design and construction -- Accelerometers -- Navigational system -- Effects of the earth's rotation -- Spinning disk -- Earth's nutation -- Angular momentum in astronomy -- Angular momentum in quantum mechanics -- Conservation of energy, statics -- Kepler's laws and gravitation -- Kinematics -- Newton's laws -- Conservation of momentum -- Nonrelativist two-body collisions in three dimensions -- Forces -- Potentials and fields -- Units and dimensions -- Relativistic energy and momentum -- Rotations in two dimensions, the center mass -- Angular momentum, the moment of inertia -- Rotation in three dimensions

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Includes index.

Mathematics for physics --
Differentiation --
Integration --
Vectors --
Differentiating vectors --
Line integrals --
Triangulation --
Physical laws --
Nonrelativist approximation --
Motion with forces --
Learning physics by example --
Understanding physics physically --
A problem in machine design --
Earth's escape velocity --
Finding the acceleration of the weight using geometry --
Finding the acceleration of the weight using trigonometry --
Finding the force on the weight using torque and angular momentum --
Satellite motion --
Discovery of the atomic nucleus --
Fundamental rocket equation --
Numerical integration --
Chemical rockets --
Ion propulsion rockets --
Photon propulsion rockets --
Electrostatic proton beam deflector --
Determining the mass of the pi meson --
A demonstration gyroscope --
The directional gyro --
The artificial horizon --
A ship-stabilizing gyro --
Gyrocompass --
Improvements in gyroscopes design and construction --
Accelerometers --
Navigational system --
Effects of the earth's rotation --
Spinning disk --
Earth's nutation --
Angular momentum in astronomy --
Angular momentum in quantum mechanics --
Conservation of energy, statics --
Kepler's laws and gravitation --
Kinematics --
Newton's laws --
Conservation of momentum --
Nonrelativist two-body collisions in three dimensions --
Forces --
Potentials and fields --
Units and dimensions --
Relativistic energy and momentum --
Rotations in two dimensions, the center mass --
Angular momentum, the moment of inertia --
Rotation in three dimensions

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