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Essentials of Trig-based Physics
Chris McMullen, Ph.D.
Learn physics from a university instructor with over 20 years of experience teaching calculus-based (and trig-based) physics in California, Louisiana, Oklahoma, and Pennsylvania.
How does this book help you learn physics?
Clear explanations; communication is vital toward learning physics.
Explaining key steps in the math.
Explaining concepts as they relate to the problem.
Designed to help students.
Each example is fully solved with explanations.
Examples were selected to illustrate important problem-solving strategies.
Topics covered in Volume 1:
Uniform one-dimensional acceleration
Motion graphs (position, velocity, acceleration)
Vector addition and projectile motion
Newton's laws (including springs)
Uniform circular motion
Gravity and satellites
Work, power, energy, center of mass, collisions
Rotation, uniform angular acceleration, torque, moment of inertia, angular momentum
A sample of the kinds of problems include:
Atwood's machine
the top of a roller coaster loop
inclined plane problems
the ballistic pendulum
geosynchronous satellite
conservation of energy, momentum, and angular momentum
racecar on a banked curve
1D and 2D collisions
static equilibrium
Prerequisites
The student should have learned standard algebra skills, like how to combine like terms, isolate the unknown, solve two equations via substitution, cross multiply, and use the quadratic formula.
Chapter 1 reviews essential algebra skills.
The student should have learned basic trigonometry skills, including sine, cosine, tangent, trig functions in Quadrants II-IV, and inverse trig functions.
Trig-based physics, Volume 1 (motion). It's basically the calculus-based physics book without any of the calculus.
Over 100 fully solved examples of trig-based physics problems. These are actually the solutions to the problems from Essential Trig-based Physics Study Guide Workbook.
Physics with calculus, Volume 1 (motion), covered in detail (motion, Newton's laws, circular motion, work/energy, satellites, center of mass, collisions, rotation).
Over 100 fully solved examples of calculus-based physics problems. These are actually the solutions to the problems from Essential Calculus-based Physics Study Guide Workbook.
Trig-based physics, Volume 2 (electricity and magnetism), covered in detail.
Trig-based physics, Volume 3 (waves, fluids, sound, heat, and light), covered in detail.