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Physics - Open Courseware (OCW)

Theoretical Physics (by Gerard 't Hooft)

Gerard ’t Hooft, Professor Theoretical Physics - home page. This is a 'must read' for any aspiring physicist!

Free Physics Instructional Software

downloads: animated chalkboard (motion, energy, relativity, optics, various), energy management simulators, photo-realistic laboratory simulations

Relativistic Quantum Field Theory

standard model of particle physics, including both its conceptual foundations & its specific structure, some current research frontiers: study materials

Vibrations and Waves Problem Solving

mechanical vibrations and waves, electromagnetic waves, and optics; provide step-by-step solutions to sample problems
 

Physics Help Tutorials

2D momentum, transformer, photonic devices, spectra, Newton's laws, waves, hydrogen, weight, refraction, cornering, standing waves, gravity, hydrogen, quantum theory, 2D standing waves, nucleus, electrostatics, radiation, mass & energy, magnetism, polarization, emissions, diffraction, blackbody radiation, quark, induction, photo-electric, AC generator, X-rays, decay, Lenz's law, Compton effect, relativity

Visual Quantum Mechanics

instructional materials on quantum physics, each set of teaching-learning materials integrates interactive visualizations with inexpensive materials and written documents in an activity-based environment: software, publications

Physics Tutorials

Remedial (Dimensional Analysis, Graphing Oscillating Fns, Trigonometry, Graphing Simple Fns, Log Paper, Logarithms, Algebra, Vectors, Unit Conversions, Significant digits), Tutorials (Torque and Rotational Motion, DC Circuits, Free-Body Diagrams, Exponential Growth & Decay, Simple Harmonic Motion), Biophysics Tutor

Fundamentals of Physics I

principles and methods of physics, emphasis on problem solving and quantitative reasoning: Newtonian Mechanics, Vectors in Multiple Dimensions, Newton's Laws of Motion, Inclined Planes, Conservation of Energy, Kepler's Laws, Dynamics of a Multiple-Body System and Conservation of Momentum, Rotations, Dynamics of Rigid Bodies, Parallel Axis Theorem, Torque, Relativity, Lorentz Transformation, Four-Vector, Taylor Series, Simple Harmonic Motion, Waves, Fluid Dynamics, Statics, Bernoulli's Equation, Thermodynamics, Thermodynamics, Carnot's Engine, Entropy
 

Relativity Tutorial

relativity (Galilean, special, general), radar, time dilation, equivalence principle, curved space-time, Light cones

General Relativity

manifolds, Riemannian geometry, Einstein's equations and three applications: gravitational radiation, black holes and cosmology