Mechanics and Relativity

Oberlin College Physics 110

Fall 2004

This World Wide Web page written by Dan Styer, Oberlin College Department of Physics and Astronomy;
http://www.oberlin.edu/physics/dstyer/MechAndRel/;
last updated 7 December 2004 (minor revision 20 May 2008).

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Teachers: Dan Styer and Chris Martin.

Course notes (PDF) including syllabus, additional problems, notes on topics in classical mechanics and special relativity, problem solving tips, and more.

Laboratory workshops (DOC).

Problem assignments

Hints for doing well in the course

We recommend that you first do the readings, then attend the lectures, and then work on the problem assignments. More tips can be found in Study Tips for Introductory Physics Students.

Information about physics problems is available through:

Links

The Thomas Cole landscape painting The Oxbow.

Time.

The proving ring -- an operational definition of force.

Cedar Point amusement park and physics laboratories. (In particular, the Demon Drop test of the equivalence principle.)

Are small cars safe?

Annotated physics web resources (courtesy of Dan MacIsaac)