Newtonian Physics

Major

Physics

Quarter

Fall

Year

2017

Course Number

Physics CS 31, Section 1

Enrollment Code

40261

Instructor(s)

Date & Time

Tuesday & Thursday 3:30pm - 4:50pm

Wednesday 1:00pm - 2:50pm

Wednesday 3:00pm - 4:50pm

Location

Building 387 (Modular Classrooms), Room 104

Life Science Building, Room 1101

Course Description

Vectors. Kinematics. Newton's laws of motion. Work and energy. Conservative forces. Momentum. Conservation of momentum. Center of mass motion. Collisions. Systems of variable mass. Introduction to rotations.

**Note: All enrolled students must attend both the lecture and weekly assigned problem session.**

Required Text

Kleppner, D. and Kolenkow, R. An Introduction to Mechanics, 2^nd Ed. Cambridge University Press
Halliday, D., Resnick, R. and Krane, K.S. Physics v.1, 5^th Edition John Wiley & Sons
Feynman, R.P., Leighton, R.B. and Sands, M. The Feynman Lectures on Physics, Volume I: Mainly Mechanics, Radiation, and Heat The Millennium Edition Basic Books, or http://www.feynmanlectures.caltech.edu