Physics 9HB: Special Relativity & Thermal/Statistical Physics

by Tom Weideman

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Physics 9HB is the second course in the honors introductory physics series. It covers two natural continuations from the previous course in classical mechanics – special relativity and thermal/statistical physics.

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Publisher
University of California, Davis
Subjects
Physics
Licence
CC BY-SA 4.0, as LibreTexts states it
Who can read
Tweens profiles and older, judged from its title and subjects

Contents

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  1. Front Matter
  2. TitlePage
  3. InfoPage
  4. Table of Contents
  5. Licensing
  6. 1: Foundations of Relativity
  7. 1.1: The Relativity Principle
  8. 1.2: The Nature of Time
  9. 1.3: More Thought Experiments
  10. 1.4: Paradoxes
  11. 2: Kinematics and Dynamics
  12. 2.1: Spacetime Diagrams
  13. 2.2: Lorentz Transformation
  14. 2.3: Velocity Addition
  15. 2.4: Momentum Conservation
  16. 2.5: Energy Conservation
  17. 3: Spacetime
  18. 3.1: Vector Rotations
  19. 3.2: Position 4-Vector
  20. 3.3: Velocity and Acceleration 4-Vectors
  21. 3.4: Momentum 4-Vector
  22. 3.5: General Relativity
  23. Back Matter
  24. Index
  25. Glossary
  26. Detailed Licensing