Abstract
DYNAMICS The Galileo-Newton Formulation of Dynamics Galilean relativity Newton's dynamical laws Gravitational and inertial mass Particle Dynamics in One Dimension Motion of a particle under a force Potential energy diagrams Tension Friction Resistive motion Escape velocity Oscillations Hooke's law Simple harmonic motion Period of small oscillations Damped simple harmonic motion Damped simple harmonic motion with a forcing term The LCR circuit Particle Dynamics in Two and Three Dimensions Projectiles Energy and force Charged particles in an electromagnetic field Central Forces and Orbits Central forces and angular momentum Circular motion Orbital motion The inverse square law The orbital equation Perturbed orbits Kepler's laws of planetary motion The perihelion precession of Mercury Rutherford scattering Multi-Particle Systems Conservation of linear momentum Conservation of angular momentum The centre of mass frame The two-body problem Collisions Inelastic collisions Variable mass problems Rigid Bodies Rotation of a rigid body about a fixed axis Planar motion of a rigid body Rotating Reference Frames Rates of change in a rotating frame Newton's second law in a rotating frame The centrifugal force The Coriolis force RELATIVITY Special Relativity Inception Einstein's postulates of special relativity Lorentz transformations Minkowski diagrams (space-time diagrams) Relativistic kinematics Space-Time The light cone Proper time The four-component vector formalism Relativistic Mechanics 4-momentum Relativistic energy Massless particles Aberration Particle collisions Appendix: Conic Sections Solutions Index Exercises appear at the end of each chapter.
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