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Planetary Photometry
Planetary Photometry · University of Victoria
Planetary Photometry is a field of study focused on the measurement and analysis of light reflected by planets and moons in our solar system and beyond. The book on this topic would typically cover the methods and techniques used in planetary photometry, its applications, and its importance in planetary science.
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Thermodynamics and Statistical Mechanics
V. Parameswaran Nair · City College of New York
These are the lecture notes for the course on Thermodynamics and Statistical Mechanics. This is a course meant for upper level undergraduate students in physics, so that is the level at which most topics are discussed.
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Spiral Mechanics (Calculus-Based)
Paul D'Alessandris · Monroe Community College
Spiral Physics is a research based introductory physics curriculum that integrates text and workbook activities in a modular fashion, and arranges topics so that students receive repeated exposure to concepts with increased complexity. It makes use of alternative problem types, including goal-less problem statements, ranking tasks, and critical analysis tasks. It restricts the equation set available for student use and is designed to facilitate active learning.
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Direct Energy
Andrea M. Mitofsky · Trine University
In the contents: 5.01: Physics of the Hall Effect
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Waves: An Interactive Tutorial
Kyle Forinash and Wolfgang Christian · LibreTexts
This is a set of interactive tutorials designed to teach the fundamentals of wave dynamics. It starts with very simple wave properties and ends with an examination of nonlinear wave behavior. The emphasis here is on the properties of waves which are difficult to illustrate in a static textbook figure. The tutorial may be used in conjunction with a text or as a stand alone introduction to waves. Exposure to calculus and basic physics is assumed in the latter sections.
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Laboratory Manual - The Science of Sound
James M. Fiore · Mohawk Valley Community College
The goal of this work is to support the lab portion of a general college physics course that focuses on sound, acoustics and audio. It covers a variety of topics including speed of sound, resonance, loudness, basic electricity (in association with loudspeakers and microphones) and the human voice.
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Classical Mechanics
Peter Dourmashkin · Massachusetts Institute of Technology
The principles of mechanics successfully described many phenomena encountered in the world. Conservation laws involving energy, momentum and angular momentum provided a second parallel approach to solving many of the same problems. This text investigate both approaches: Force and conservation laws to develop a conceptual understanding of the core concepts, a familiarity with the experimental verification of our theoretical laws, and an ability to predict the motions of bodies.
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Kinematics With Video Examples
Prem-Raj Ruffin · Prince George's Community College
College Physics Kinematics (Open Stax) with detailed videos of typical problems (Raj Ruffin, PGCC)
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Principles of Pharmacology
Carl Rosow, David Standaert, & Gary Strichartz · Massachusetts Institute of Technology
The object of this text is to teach students an approach to the study of pharmacologic agents. The focus is on the basic principles of biophysics, biochemistry and physiology, as related to the mechanisms of drug action, biodistribution and metabolism. The course consists of lectures and student-led case discussions.
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Understanding Sound
David Abbott · Buffalo State College
In the contents: 7.01: Solving physics problems
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Special Relativity
Benjamin Crowell · Fullerton College
This a textbook on special relativity, aimed at undergraduates who have already completed a freshman survey course. The treatment of electromagnetism assumes previous exposure to Maxwell's equations in integral form, but no knowledge of vector calculus.
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Astronomy 10: The Solar System
Andrew Totah-McCarty · Chabot College
This textbook is organized to support a broad model-based way of teaching astronomy that focuses on big ideas rather than detailed planet/space facts. Introduction to history and physical principles of astronomy, focusing on our Solar System.
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Introduction to Astronomy
Lumen Learning · LibreTexts
In the contents: 10.11: NASAs Heliophysics Science Division
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Quantum Mechanics
Michael Fowler · University of Virginia
These notes cover the essential core topics of a standard graduate quantum mechanics course. The first lectures here review undergraduate quantum and modern physics as a reminder, this optional material was only covered briefly in class.
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Introduction to Physical Oceanography
Robert Stewart · 2008
This textbook covers physical-oceanographic processes, theories, data, and measurements, targeted at upper-division undergraduates and graduate students in oceanography, meteorology, and ocean engineering. In addition to the classical topics, the author includes discussions of heat fluxes, the role of the ocean in climate, the deep circulation, equatorial processes including El Nino, data bases used by oceanographers, the role of satellites and data from space, ship-based measurements, and the importance of vorticity in understanding oceanic flows. Students should have studied differential equations and introductory college physics, although math is de-emphasized.
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Applications of Maxwell's Equations
John Cochran; Bretislav Heinrich · John F. Cochran, Bretislav Heinrich · 2004
This book was developed at Simon Fraser University for an upper-level physics course. Along with a careful exposition of electricity and magnetism, it devotes a chapter to ferromagnets. According to the course description, the topics covered were “electromagnetics, magnetostatics, waves, transmission lines, wave guides,antennas, and radiating systems.”
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Mechanics and Relativity
Timon Idema · TU Delft Open · 2018
In Mechanics and Relativity, the reader is taken on a tour through time and space. Starting from the basic axioms formulated by Newton and Einstein, the theory of motion at both the everyday and the highly relativistic level is developed without the need of prior knowledge. The relevant mathematics is provided in an appendix. The text contains various worked examples and a large number of original problems to help the reader develop an intuition for the physics. Applications covered in the book span a wide range of physical phenomena, including rocket motion, spinning tennis rackets and high-energy particle collisions.
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Threshold Concepts in Biochemistry
Julian Pakay; Hendrika Duivenvoorden; Thomas Shafee; Kaitlin Clarke · La Trobe University · 2023
Biochemistry (and Molecular Biology) represent one of the fastest-growing fields of scientific research and technical innovation and the resulting biotechnology is increasingly applied to other fields of study. So, an understanding of Biochemistry is increasingly important for students in all biological disciplines. However, at the same time, the content is inherently complex, highly abstract, and often deeply rooted in the pure sciences – mathematics, chemistry, and physics. This makes it difficult to both learn and to teach. This book is designed as a succinct and focused resource, specifically aimed to help students grasp key threshold concepts in Biochemistry. Due to their troublesome nature, understanding threshold concepts is a cognitively demanding task. By using a series of thematically linked case studies that accompany theory, the cognitive load will be reduced. This will free up students to focus on learning concepts rather than distracting them with unnecessary specifics.
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Part SM: Statistical Mechanics
Konstantitn Likharev · Stony Brook University · 2013
Essential Graduate Physics, Lecture Notes and Problems This Book is brought to you for free and open access by the Department of Physics and Astronomy at Academic Commons. It has been accepted for inclusion in Essential Graduate Physics by an authorized administrator of Academic Commons. For more information, please contact mona.ramonetti@stonybrook.edu, hu.wang.2@stonybrook.edu.
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Part QM: Quantum Mechanics
Konstantin Likharev · Stony Brook University · 2013
Essential Graduate Physics, Lecture Notes and Problems This Book is brought to you for free and open access by the Department of Physics and Astronomy at Academic Commons. It has been accepted for inclusion in Essential Graduate Physics by an authorized administrator of Academic Commons. For more information, please contact mona.ramonetti@stonybrook.edu, hu.wang.2@stonybrook.edu.