General Physics
Preface
How to Use These Notes
Why Learn Physics?
How to Succeed in Physics
Map of Physics
PHYS 101
1. Fundamental Concepts
1.1. Structure of the Physical World
1.2. Formal Modeling
1.3. Physical Principles
1.4. Formalisms
2. Mathematics as Formal Language
3. Describing Motion and its Causes
4. Conservation and Exchange
5. Newtonian Mechanics
6. Einsteinian Mechanics
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Contents
1.2.1. Measurement, Precision, and Error
1.2.2. Systems, Subsystems, and Environments
1.2.3. Nested Levels of Description
1.2.4. Averaged Behavior and Coarse-graining
1.2.5. Symmetries, Constraints, and Conservation
1.2.
Formal Modeling
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1.2.1.
Measurement, Precision, and Error
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1.2.2.
Systems, Subsystems, and Environments
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1.2.3.
Nested Levels of Description
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1.2.4.
Averaged Behavior and Coarse-graining
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1.2.5.
Symmetries, Constraints, and Conservation
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1.1.
Structure of the Physical World
1.3.
Physical Principles