Lecture 1: Classical Mechanics

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Sections

1. Introduction
2. Geometry
3. Displacement
4. Time
5. Velocity
6. Acceleration
7. Inertial Frames
8. Force
9. Mass
10. Center of Mass
11. Newton's Laws of Motion
12. Examples for Statics and Dynamics
13. Weight, Free Fall, Projectile Motion
14. Momentum
15. Energy
16. Work and Kinetic Energy
17. Potential Energy and Mechanical Energy
18. Power
19. Energy and Power Units
20. Gravity
21. Orbits
22. Rotation
23. Image Game

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Introduction

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In this lecture, we take a stab at defining science in a general and therefore abstract way.

We then look a units because they are topic that has to be stuck in at the begining of a course in conceptual physics.

Then we look at some example cases where theory and observation combine to give scientific knowledge.