Feynman's Tips on Physics : A Problem-Solving Supplement to the Feynman Lectures on Physics,9780805390636

Feynman's Tips on Physics : A Problem-Solving Supplement to the Feynman Lectures on Physics

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Edition: 1st
ISBN13: 9780805390636
ISBN10: 0805390634
Format: Hardcover
Pub. Date: 2006-01-01
Publisher(s): Addison Wesley
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Summary

This new volume contains four previously unpublished lectures that Feynman gave to students preparing for exams. With characteristic insight and humor, Feynman discusses topics readers struggle with and offers valuable tips on solving physics problems. Exercises and answers by R. B. Leighton and R. E. Vogt are also included, along with an illuminating memoir by Matthew Sands. For all readers interested in physics.

Table of Contents

Introduction On the Origins of The Feynman Lectures on Physics v
A MEMOIR BY MATTHEW SANDS
1(14)
1 Prerequisites
REVIEW LECTURE A
1-1 Introduction to the review lecture
15(1)
1-2 Caltech from the bottom
16(2)
1-3 Mathematics for physics
18(1)
1-4 Differentiation
19(3)
1-5 Integration
22(1)
1-6 Vectors
23(6)
1-7 Differentiating vectors
29(2)
1-8 Line integrals
31(2)
1-9 A simple example
33(5)
1-10 Triangulation
38(3)
2 Laws and Intuition
REVIEW LECTURE B
2-1 The physical laws
41(2)
2-2 The nonrelativistic approximation
43(1)
2-3 Motion with forces
44(3)
2-4 Forces and their potentials
47(2)
2-5 Learning physics by example
49(1)
2-6 Understanding physics physically
50(3)
2-7 A problem in machine design
53(11)
2-8 Earth's escape velocity
64(3)
Alternate Solutions
67(4)
A Finding the acceleration of the weight using geometry
67(1)
B Finding the acceleration of the weight using trigonometry
68(1)
C Finding the force on the weight using torque and angular momentum
69
3 Problems and Solutions
REVIEW LECTURE C
3-1 Satellite motion
71(5)
3-2 Discovery of the atomic nucleus
76(4)
3-3 The fundamental rocket equation
80(2)
3-4 A numerical integration
82(2)
3-5 Chemical rockets
84(1)
3-6 Ion propulsion rockets
85(3)
3-7 Photon propulsion rockets
88(1)
3-8 An electrostatic proton beam deflector
88(3)
3-9 Determining the mass of the pi meson
91(5)
4 Dynamical Effects and Their Applications
REVIEW LECTURE D
4-1 A demonstration gyroscope
96(1)
4-2 The directional gyro
97(1)
4-3 The artificial horizon
98(1)
4-4 A ship-stabilizing gyroscope
99(1)
4-5 The gyrocompass
100(4)
4-6 Improvements in gyroscopes design and construction
104(7)
4-7 Accelerometers
111(4)
4-8 A complete navigational system
115(4)
4-9 Effects of the earth's rotation
119(3)
4-10 The spinning disk
122(3)
4-11 Earth's nutation
125(1)
4-12 Angular momentum in astronomy
125(2)
4-13 Angular momentum in quantum mechanics
127(1)
4-14 After the lecture
128
5 Selected Exercises
5-1 Conservation of energy, statics
135(3)
5-2 Kepler's laws and gravitation
138(1)
5-3 Kinematics
138(1)
5-4 Newton's laws
139(2)
5-5 Conservation of momentum
141(2)
5-6 Vectors
143(1)
5-7 Nonrelativistic two-body collisions in 3 dimensions
144(1)
5-8 Forces
144(1)
5-9 Potentials and fields
145(2)
5-10 Units and dimensions
147(1)
5-11 Relativistic energy and momentum
147(1)
5-12 Rotations in two dimensions, the center mass
148(1)
5-13 Angular momentum, the moment of inertia
149(2)
5-14 Rotation in three dimensions
151(4)
Answers to Exercises
155(4)
Photo Credits 159(2)
Index to The Lectures 161

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