Volume 1: Mechanics
Chapter 1. Constant Acceleration (rich multimedia format)
Supporting pages A simple introduction to calculus: Differentials and integrals Graphs, errors, dimensions and units Vectors
Supporting pages
Chapter 2. Projectiles (rich multimedia format)
Supporting pages Background material for projectiles Graphs, errors, dimensions and units The monkey and the hunter
Chapter 3. Circular Motion (rich multimedia format)
Supporting pages Background material for circular motion Vectors A simple introduction to calculus: Differentials and integrals
Chapter 4. Simple Harmonic Motion (rich multimedia format)
Supporting pages Background material for simple harmonic motion More about chladni patterns AC circuits What is a sound spectrum?
Chapter 5. Newton's Laws (rich multimedia format)
Supporting pages Background material for Newton's laws Inertial frames and the Foucault pendulum What are coriolis forces? Other ways of writing Newton's laws Other units of force Frames of reference for Newton's laws -- Galilean relativity Frames of reference for Newton's and Maxwell's laws -- Einstein's relativity Newton's laws: more background
Chapter 6. Weight and Contact Forces (rich multimedia format)
Supporting pages Young's modulus, Hooke's law and material properties Simple experiments on coefficients of friction Wheels and rolling Background material on gravity
Chapter 7. Energy and Power (rich multimedia format)
Supporting pages Background material on work, energy and power.
Chapter 8. Centre of Mass (rich multimedia format)
Supporting pages Available soon
Chapter 9. Momentum (rich multimedia format)
Supporting pages Momentum, Newton's laws and collisions Collision examples and calculations Collisions in two dimension
Chapter 10. Rotation (rich multimedia format)
Supporting pages Background material on rotation Wheels and rolling
Chapter 11. Gravity (rich multimedia format)
Supporting pages Background material on gravity
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