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Remover Date created tesim: <p>2019</p> O CriadorEnglish, L.Q.
Remover O Criador: <p>English, L.Q.</p>2019
Remover Date created tesim: <p>2019</p> O CriadorEnglish, L.Q.
Remover O Criador: <p>English, L.Q.</p>Readers are introduced to the structure of the book, including a discussion of the topics in each chapter, as well as how the book may be integrated in an introductory physics course.
Textbook and Activity/lab
College / Upper division
Student and Instructor
Natural Sciences - Physics
In chapter 3, the student is asked to program the motion of a ball with constant velocity, to plot the position with respect to time of the ball moving with constant velocity, and to simulate the motion of a ball undergoing a...
Activity/lab and Textbook
College / Upper division
Instructor
Natural Sciences - Physics
In chapter 4, students are introduced to the mathematics behind the Euler method, as well as the coding involved. Students are given code and then asked to modify it.
Textbook and Activity/lab
College / Upper division
Student and Instructor
Natural Sciences - Physics
In chapter 6, students are introduced to the idea of a central force, the idea of a instantaneous acceleration (as opposed to average acceleration) and using the Euler method to determine the position and velocity of the...
Activity/lab and Textbook
College / Upper division
Instructor and Student
Natural Sciences - Physics
In chapter 7, students are introduced to the concepts of center of mass, the impulse-momentum theorem, and conservation of energy. This is done by considering a binary star system, mass-spring system, and scattering in the...
Textbook and Activity/lab
College / Upper division
Student and Instructor
Natural Sciences - Physics
In chapter 8, students consider again the motion of a comet around the Sun, but now consider torque and angular momentum. Newton’s Law of Universal Gravitation is introduced, as well as the cross product and how to code it in...
Textbook and Activity/lab
College / Upper division
Student and Instructor
Natural Sciences - Physics
In chapter 9, students are introduced to the concept of Gravitational Assist, which is used to send probes to the outer planets and out of the solar system. Frames of reference are considered, as well as the energy of the probe...
Activity/lab and Textbook
College / Upper division
Instructor and Student
Natural Sciences - Physics
This document provides a conclusion to VPython for Introductory Mechanics by Windsor A. Morgan and Lars Q. English. It includes the book’s bibliography as well as information about the authors.
Textbook and Activity/lab
College / Upper division
Student and Instructor
Natural Sciences - Physics