Essential Physics I

Frank W K Firk1616100338, 9781616100339

Table of contents :
CONTENTS……Page 6
1 MATHEMATICAL PRELIMINARIES……Page 9
2 KINEMATICS: THE GEOMETRY OF MOTION……Page 41
3 CLASSICAL AND SPECIAL RELATIVITY……Page 54
4 NEWTONIAN DYNAMICS……Page 73
5 INVARIANCE PRINCIPLES AND CONSERVATION LAWS……Page 102
6 EINSTEINIAN DYNAMICS……Page 105
7 NEWTONIAN GRAVITATION……Page 118
8 EINSTEINIAN GRAVITATION: AN INTRODUCTION TO GENERAL RELATIVITY……Page 144
9 AN INTRODUCTION TO THE CALCULUS OF VARIATIONS……Page 157
10 CONSERVATION LAWS, AGAIN……Page 166
11 CHAOS……Page 168
12 WAVE MOTION……Page 175
13 ORTHOGONAL FUNCTIONS AND FOURIER SERIES……Page 187
Appendix A……Page 195
BIBLIOGRAPHY……Page 206