The Physics Problem Solver

The purpose of this book is to basically be a database of questions and explained answers. Anyone is welcome to contribute, but most of the content will be from online homework help in Freenodes ##physics.

Measurement

 * 1) The SI Unit System
 * 2) Scalar and Vector Quantities
 * 3) Significant Figures

Kinematics

 * 1) Motion in One Dimension
 * 2) Motion in Two Dimensions
 * 3) Projectile Motion
 * 4) Relative Motion
 * 5) Velocity and Acceleration

Newton's Laws

 * 1) Newton's First Law
 * 2) Newton's Second Law
 * 3) Newton's Third Law
 * 4) Center of Mass
 * 5) Linear Motion and Statics

Energy

 * 1) Work and Energy
 * 2) Energy and Conservation of Energy

Gravity

 * 1) Newton's Law of Gravitation and Weight
 * 2) Gravitational Potential Energy

Other Topics

 * 1) Momentum and Conservation of Momentum
 * 2) Impulse
 * 3) Rotational Motion
 * 4) Fluid Mechanics
 * 5) Harmonic Motion, Waves, and Sounds

Thermodynamics

 * 1) Pressure and Temperature
 * 2) The Ideal Gas
 * 3) Entropy

Electromagnetism

 * 1) Electric Charge and Coulomb's Law
 * 2) Electric Fields
 * 3) Field Energy and Continuous Charge Distributions
 * 4) Gauss' Law
 * 5) Voltage
 * 6) Capacitance, Inductance, LRC Circuits
 * 7) Current and Circuits
 * 8) Resistance
 * 9) Magnetic fields
 * 10) Ampere's Law
 * 11) Electromagnetic Induction
 * 12) AC Circuits
 * 13) Maxwell's Equations
 * 14) Electromagnetic Waves

Optics

 * 1) Light
 * 2) Geometric Optics
 * 3) Wave Properties of Light

Modern Physics

 * 1) Relativity
 * 2) Special Relativity
 * 3) Quantum Mechanics
 * 4) Atoms
 * 5) The Bohr Model
 * 6) The Schroedinger Equation

The Physics Problem Solver