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Lecture 1: Introduction to Physics 8A; how to succeed in a physics class; units, checking your answers and other physics basics

Michael DeWeese · University of California, Berkeley

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  1. Lecture 1: Introduction to Physics 8A; how to succeed in a physics class; units, checking your answers and other physics basics 1 h 21 min · Video
  2. Lecture 2: 1-D and 2-D Motion; Projectile Motion 1 h 20 min · Video
  3. Lecture 3: Projectile Motion: Monkey and Hunter demo 1 h 20 min · Video
  4. Lecture 4: Forces: Newton's Laws 1 h 20 min · Video
  5. Lecture 5: More on Forces with a Focus on Friction; Tablecloth and Dishes demo 1 h 20 min · Video
  6. Lecture 6: Guest lecture by Dr. Smith; More on Forces and Newton's laws 1 h 19 min · Video
  7. Lecture 7: Yet more on Newton's Laws 1 h 20 min · Video
  8. Lecture 8: Circular Motion; Swinging Water in a Bucket demo 1 h 22 min · Video
  9. Lecture 9: Work and Energy; Professor Hoists Himself Up in a Bosun's Chair demo 1 h 21 min · Video
  10. Lecture 10: Conservation of Energy; Bowling Ball Pendulum Swings Back to Head demo 1 h 20 min · Video
  11. Lecture 11: Conservation of Momentum; Systems of Particles; Elephant on a Train; Ballerinas as Projectiles 1 h 20 min · Video
  12. Lecture 12: Midterm review; Determining the Muzzle Velocity of a Rifle with a Ballistic Pendulum demo 1 h 22 min · Video
  13. Lecture 13: More on Collisions; when to use conservation of energy or cons. of momentum; Horizontal Ballistic Pendulum demo 1 h 22 min · Video
  14. Lecture 14: Q&A for Midterm; introduction to Rotary Motion 1 h 21 min · Video
  15. Lecture 15: Rotary Motion; Fast and Slow Rolling Wheels on an Incline demo 1 h 21 min · Video
  16. Lecture 16: More on Rotary Motion; solving for torque and acceleration with Spool demo 1 h 21 min · Video
  17. Lecture 17: Statics & Equilibrium; Spool and Suspended Beam demos 1 h 22 min · Video
  18. Lecture 18: More on Statics; Static Equilibrium of the Human Body 1 h 21 min · Video
  19. Lecture 21: Fluids; Pressure; Archimede's principle; Statics of Fluids; Intro to Fluid Dynamics 1 h 21 min · Video
  20. Lecture 22: Brief Review of Midterm 2; Can You Push on Water? Demo; Vacuum Cannon demo 1 h 23 min · Video
  21. Lecture 23: Intro to Oscillations & Waves; the world is composed of masses on springs 1 h 23 min · Video
  22. Lecture 24: Sound Waves; Waves in Ropes; Speaker Breaks Glass demo 1 h 22 min · Video
  23. Lecture 25: Constructive & Destructive Interference; Standing Waves and Musical Instruments 1 h 21 min · Video
  24. Lecture 26: Intro to Heat and Thermodynamics; Heat vs. Temperature; Boiling Water in Dixie Cup Over Bunsen Burner Doesn’t Burn Cup demo 1 h 22 min · Video
  25. Lecture 27: First Law of Thermodynamics; Ideal Gas Law; PV Diagrams; Fire Syringe demo 1 h 22 min · Video
  26. Lecture 28: Energy Transfer; Heat Engines 1 h 21 min · Video
  27. Lecture 29: Second Law of Thermodynamics; Irreversibility and Fluctuations; Brownian Motion 1 h 18 min · Video
  28. Lecture 30:Thermodynamics wrap-up and brief review of the semester 1 h 21 min · Video