Explore the fundamental principles of classical physics in this comprehensive video series. Delve into topics ranging from scalars and vectors to kinematics, dynamics, and Newton's laws of motion. Learn about work, energy, momentum, and collisions, as well as circular motion and gravitation. Investigate fluids, thermodynamics, wave mechanics, and optics. Conclude with an introduction to electricity and magnetism. Gain a solid foundation in the mother of all sciences, covering everything from atoms to galaxies, and discover how physics explains the forces, motion, and energy that govern our universe.
Overview
Syllabus
Introduction to Classical Physics.
Scalars, Vectors, and Vector Operations.
Position/Velocity/Acceleration Part 1: Definitions.
Position/Velocity/Acceleration Part 2: Graphical Analysis.
Kinematics Part 1: Horizontal Motion.
Kinematics Part 2: Vertical Motion.
Kinematics Part 3: Projectile Motion.
Kinematics Part 4: Practice Problems and Strategy.
Relative Motion and Inertial Reference Frames.
Dynamics: What are Forces?.
Newton's First Law of Motion: Mass and Inertia.
Newton's Second Law of Motion: F = ma.
Newton's Third Law of Motion: Action and Reaction.
Mass vs. Weight and the Normal Force.
Frictional Forces: Static and Kinetic.
Work and Energy.
Kinetic Energy and Potential Energy.
Simple Harmonic Motion: Hooke's Law.
Conservation of Energy: Free Fall, Springs, and Pendulums.
Impulse and Momentum.
Elastic and Inelastic Collisions.
Uniform Circular Motion and Centripetal Force.
Newton's Law of Universal Gravitation.
Angular Motion and Torque.
Fluids, Buoyancy, and Archimedes' Principle.
Heat and Temperature.
Internal Energy.
The Zeroth Law of Thermodynamics: Thermal Equilibrium.
The First Law of Thermodynamics: Internal Energy, Heat, and Work.
The Second Law of Thermodynamics: Heat Flow, Entropy, and Microstates.
The Third Law of Thermodynamics: Absolute Zero.
Wave Mechanics.
Interference, Reflection, and Diffraction.
Standing Waves and Harmonics.
What is Light? Maxwell and the Electromagnetic Spectrum.
Color and Refraction.
Electric Charge and Electric Fields.
Electric Potential, Current, and Resistance.
Magnets and Magnetic Fields.
Taught by
Professor Dave Explains
