Essential Physics Part 1 (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781499396041)

Throughout the decade of the 1990's, Professor Firk taught a one-year course of a specialized nature to students who entered Yale College with excellent preparation in Mathematics and the Physical Sciences, and who expressed an interest in Physics or a closely related field. The students were required to take the highest level of introductory Mathematics in parallel with the course. The book covers topics taught in the first semester; they include: 1. MATHEMATICAL PRELIMINARIES 2. KINEMATICS: THE GEOMETRY OF MOTION 3. CLASSICAL AND SPECIAL RELATIVITY 4. NEWTONIAN DYNAMICS 5. INVARIANCE PRINCIPLES AND CONSERVATION LAWS 6. EINSTEINIAN DYNAMICS

Author: Frank W. K. Firk
ISBN-10: 149939604X
ISBN-13: 9781499396041
Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
Language: English
Published: 05/14/2014
Pages: 194
Format: Paperback
Weight: 1.02lbs
Size: 11.02h x 8.50w x 0.41d