NEWTONIAN MECHANICS

Major

Physics

Quarter

Fall

Year

2019

Course Number

PHYSICS CS 31, Section 1

Enrollment Code

42689

Instructor(s)

Date & Time

Tuesday Thursday 3:30PM-4:45PM

Wednesday 1:00PM-2:50PM

Wednesday 3PM-4:50PM

Location

PHELP 3515 (Tuesday Thursday)

GIRV 2119 (Wednesday)

HSSB1232 (Wednesday)

Course Description

This class is required for all CCS Physics freshmen.

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, 2nd Ed. Cambridge University Press
Halliday, D., Resnick, R. and Krane, K.S. Physics, V.1 5th Edition John Wiley & Sons
Feynman, R.P., Leighton, R.B. and Sands, M. The Feynman Lectures on Physics, Vol. I, The New Millennium Edition: Mainly Mechanics, Radiation, and Heat Basic Books