Fundamentals of physics I : mechanics, relativity, and thermodynamics /

"In this concise book, R. Shankar, a well-known physicist and contagiously enthusiastic educator, explains the essential concepts of Newtonian mechanics, special relativity, waves, fluids, thermodynamics, and statistical mechanics. Now in an expanded edition--complete with problem sets and answ...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Shankar, Ramamurti (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: New Haven : Yale University Press, [2019]
Edition:Expanded edition.
Series:Open Yale courses series.
Subjects:
Physics > Textbooks.
Physics.
Textbooks.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Preface to the Expanded Edition
  • Preface to the First Edition
  • Structure of Mechanics
  • Motion in Higher Dimensions
  • Newton's Laws I
  • Newton's Laws II
  • Law of Conservation of Energy
  • Conservation of Energy in d = 2
  • Kepler Problem
  • Multi-particle Dynamics
  • Rotational Dynamics I
  • Rotational Dynamics II
  • Rotational Dynamics III
  • Special Relativity I: The Lorentz Transformation
  • Special Relativity II: Some Consequences
  • Special Relativity III: Past, Present, and Future
  • Four-momentum
  • Mathematical Methods
  • Simple Harmonic Motion
  • Waves I
  • Waves II
  • Fluids
  • Heat
  • 22. Thermodynamics I
  • 23. Thermodynamics II
  • Entropy and Irreversibility
  • Exercises
  • Answers to Exercises
  • Constants and Other Data.

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