Fundamentals of Physics: Mechanics, Relativity, and Thermodynamics by R. Shankar(2014) - EPUB - zeke23
Publication Date: 2014-03-25 - ISBN-13: 9780300192209 - 441 Pages - EPUB - English
Professor R. Shankar, a well-known physicist and contagiously enthusiastic educator, was among the first to offer a course through the innovative Open Yale Course program. His popular online video lectures on introductory physics have been viewed over a million times. In this concise and self-contained book based on his online Yale course, Shankar explains the fundamental concepts of physics from Galileo’s and Newton’s discoveries to the twentieth-century’s revolutionary ideas on relativity and quantum mechanics.

The book begins at the simplest level, develops the basics, and reinforces fundamentals, ensuring a solid foundation in the principles and methods of physics. It provides an ideal introduction for college-level students of physics, chemistry, and engineering, for motivated AP Physics students, and for general readers interested in advances in the sciences.

Instructor resources--including problem sets and sample examinations--and more information about Professor Shankar's course are available at https://oyc.yale.edu/physics/phys-200.
Table of Contents

Chapter 1. The Structure of Mechanics
Chapter 2. Motion in Higher Dimensions
Chapter 3. Newton’s Laws I
Chapter 4. Newton’s Laws II
Chapter 5. Law of Conservation of Energy
Chapter 6. Conservation of Energy in d = 2
Chapter 7. The Kepler Problem
Chapter 8. Multi-particle Dynamics
Chapter 9. Rotational Dynamics I
Chapter 10. Rotational Dynamics II
Chapter 11. Rotational Dynamics III
Chapter 12. Special Relativity I: The Lorentz Transformation
Chapter 13. Special Relativity II: Some Consequences
Chapter 14. Special Relativity III: Past, Present, and Future
Chapter 15. Four-momentum
Chapter 16. Mathematical Methods
Chapter 17. Simple Harmonic Motion
Chapter 18. Waves I
Chapter 19. Waves II
Chapter 20. Fluids
Chapter 21. Heat
Chapter 22. Thermodynamics I
Chapter 23. Thermodynamics II
Chapter 24. Entropy and Irreversibility