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Essential Graduate Physics - Quantum Mechanics
onstantin K. Likharev · Stony Brook University
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UCD: Physics 9A - Classical Mechanics
Tom Weideman · University of California, Davis
In the contents: 0.1: Why Physics · 0.2: Physics is Hard · 0.3: How to Learn Physics
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PHY-1040: General Physics I Lab
Neeharika Thakur · Prince George's Community College
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Physics 7B General Physics
Dina Zhabinskaya · UC Davis
Introduction to general principles and analytical methods used in physics for students majoring in a biological science. This text addresses fluid statics and fluid flow: complete Bernoulli’s equation, circuits, linear transport, exponential change, capacitors, vectors, linear motion, conservation of linear momentum, angular motion, conservation of angular momentum, force, torque, static equilibrium, Newton’s Laws, kinematics, and harmonic motion.
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Polymer Physics
Joshua P. Steimel · California State Polytechnic University, Humboldt
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The Physics of Waves
Howard Georgi · Harvard University
This text will provide you with the concepts and mathematical tools necessary to understand and explain a broad range of vibrations and waves. You will learn that waves come from many interconnected (coupled) objects when they are vibrating together. We will discuss many of these phenomena, along with related topics, including mechanical vibrations and waves, sound waves, electromagnetic waves, optics, and gravitational waves.
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College Physics
OpenStax · LibreTexts
In the contents: 01: The Nature of Science and Physics · 1.00: Prelude to Science and the Realm of Physics Physical Quantities and Units · 1.01: Physics- An Introduction
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Spacetime Physics
Edwin F. Taylor & John Archibald Wheeler · Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Spacetime Physics embodies what the authors had learned during an additional quarter century of teaching and research. They updated the text to reflect the immense strides in physics during the same period and modernized and increased the number of exercises, for which the First Edition was famous. Enrichment boxes provide expanded coverage of intriguing topics. Sample problems encourage students to exercise their newfound power.
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UCD: Physics 9B Waves, Sound, Optics, Thermodynamics, and Fluids
Tom Weideman · University of California, Davis
Physics 9B introduces general principles and analytical methods used in a variety of fields of physics: Waves, Sound, Optics, Thermodynamics, and Fluids. The other courses in the 9-series each have a specific focus – Physics 9B covers "everything else."
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Physics - From Stargazers to Starships
CK-12 Foundation · LibreTexts
An introduction to astronomy written with a historical perspective.
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Physics 7A General Physics
Dina Zhabinskaya · UC Davis
Introduction to general principles and analytical methods used in physics for students majoring in a biological science. This text addresses energy conservation, work, three-phase model and phase transitions, thermal energy, bond energy, mechanical energies, potential energy and force, Lennard-Jones potential, microscopic description of thermal and bond energy, thermodynamics, and entropy.
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MC : Physics 213 - Modern Physics
Charles Collett · Muhlenberg College
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Physics 9C Lab Manual
Tom Weideman · University of California, Davis
In the contents: Read Me: About Labs in Physics 9
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GSU-TM-Physics II (2212)
Taha Mzoughi · Georgia State University
In the contents: 01: Introduction to Physics Measurements and Mathematics Tools · 1.01: The Scientific Method and Physics · 12: Nuclear Physics
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UCD: Physics 9D - Modern Physics
Tom Weideman · University of California, Davis
Physics 9D introduces the 20th-century topics of special relativity and quantum theory to science and engineering majors.
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Physics 110
Andrew Morrison · Joliet Junior College
In the contents: 1.03: Prelude to the Physics of Hearing · 18.02: Physics of sound production · 20.06: Physics of Hearing (Exercises)
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UCD: Physics 9B Lab
Tom Weideman · University of California, Davis
In the contents: Read Me: About Labs in Physics 9
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UCD GEL 56- Introduction to Geophysics
Magali Billen · University of California, Davis
Introduction to geophysical topics essential to all aspects of earth and planetary sciences: theory of plate tectonics, gravitational field of planets, diffusion, rheology, seismology, earthquakes and computing.
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Heat and Thermodynamics
Jeremy Tatum · University of Victoria
This textbook presents a rigorous introduction to classical thermodynamics, covering temperature, heat, gases, and thermodynamic processes. It develops the laws of thermodynamics, entropy, enthalpy, and free energies, applying them to phase changes, heat engines, chemical equilibrium, and real experiments, while linking theory to experimental measurement and applications.
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Scientific Computing
Jeffrey R. Chasnov · Hong Kong University of Science and Technology
These notes for Scientific Computing is primarily for Math majors and supposes no previous knowledge of numerical analysis or methods. This course consists of both numerical methods and computational physics. The numerical methods content includes standard topics such as IEEE arithmetic, root finding, linear algebra, interpolation and least-squares, integration, differentiation, and differential equations.