Newtonian Physics Lecture Series

This is going to be the section which will cover Physics 180 - Newtonian Mechanics.  This is the physics of the macroscopic world, the world that most of us can see, touch, hear, taste, and smell.  Most physics define Newtonian Physics as the physics which has been discovered by 1900, but this feels too arbitrary for me.  The reason why it's the physics which has been discovered by 1900 is because we as a species have discovered the entirety of the physics of the macroscopic world by 1900, while the rest of physics (waves mechanics, Relativity, Quantum Physics, etc.) has yet to be discovered by this year.  With that in mind, while the "discovered by 1900" is an accurate definition as a time separator between the Newtonian and non-Newtonian classes, I still prefer the physical definition over the discovery date definition.


When I speak of the physics of the macroscopic world, I am speaking of the motions of these objects and the energy and forces associated with those motions, and the mathematics which goes along with those motions, energies, and forces.  It sounds simple enough, but it can get very complicated very quickly.  Fair warning, this is the Calculus-based Newtonian Mechanics course, so it is better for a conceptual understanding of the material to have some kind of calculus background.  It doesn't have to be much for this lecture series, but it should be present.

The book used for this Lecture Series will be Physics for Scientists and Engineers 7th Edition by Raymon Serway and John Jewett, and the table of Contents for the sections I will be covering in this Lecture Series is below.  The order I have is not the same order that the Authors have ordered the chapters, because there are some chapters which I think is better to read before others.  So here's my suggestion for the reading order.
  • Chapter 1: Physics and Measurements
  • Chapter 3: Vectors
  • Chapter 2: Motion in One-Dimension
  • Chapter 4: Motion in Two-Dimensions
  • Chapter 5: The Laws of Motion
  • Chapter 6: Circular Motion and Other Applications of Newton's Laws
  • Chapter 7: Energy of a System
  • Chapter 8: Conservation of Energy
  • Chapter 9: Linear Momentum and Collisions
  • Chapter 10: Rotation of a Rigid Object About a Fixed Axis
  • Chapter 11: Angular Momentum
  • Chapter 12: Static Equilibrium and Elasticity
  • Chapter 13: Universal Gravitation
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Take that as you will
K. "Alan" Eister, -Δαβ

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