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Creator:: English, L.Q. and Morgan, W.A.
Description:: 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.
Type:: Text
Learning resource type:: Textbook and Activity/lab
Education level:: College / Upper division
Audience:: Student and Instructor
Discipline:: Natural Sciences - Physics

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Creator:: English. L.Q. and Morgan, W.A.
Description:: Chapter 2 serves as an introduction to the GlowScript VPython environment. The student is shown how to enter GlowScript via a browser. The student is asked to create simple programs, including ones that print, make shapes, and...
Type:: Text
Learning resource type:: Textbook and Activity/lab
Education level:: College / Upper division
Audience:: Student and Instructor
Discipline:: Natural Sciences - Physics

Creator:: Morgan, W.A. and English, L.Q.
Description:: 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...
Type:: Text
Learning resource type:: Activity/lab and Textbook
Education level:: College / Upper division
Audience:: Instructor
Discipline:: Natural Sciences - Physics

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Creator:: English, L.Q. and Morgan, W.A.
Description:: 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.
Type:: Text
Learning resource type:: Textbook and Activity/lab
Education level:: College / Upper division
Audience:: Student and Instructor
Discipline:: Natural Sciences - Physics

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Creator:: English. L.Q. and Morgan, W.A.
Description:: In chapter 5, students are introduced to the kinematic equations describing an object undergoing a constant acceleration. Students are asked to write code simulating the flight of a projectile over level ground and sloping...
Type:: Text
Learning resource type:: Textbook and Activity/lab
Education level:: College / Upper division
Audience:: Student and Instructor
Discipline:: Natural Sciences - Physics

Creator:: Morgan, W.A. and English, L.Q.
Description:: 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...
Type:: Text
Learning resource type:: Activity/lab and Textbook
Education level:: College / Upper division
Audience:: Instructor and Student
Discipline:: Natural Sciences - Physics

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Creator:: English, L.Q. and Morgan, W.A.
Description:: 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...
Type:: Text
Learning resource type:: Textbook and Activity/lab
Education level:: College / Upper division
Audience:: Student and Instructor
Discipline:: Natural Sciences - Physics

Creator:: English, L.Q. and Morgan, W.A.
Description:: 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...
Type:: Text
Learning resource type:: Textbook and Activity/lab
Education level:: College / Upper division
Audience:: Student and Instructor
Discipline:: Natural Sciences - Physics

Creator:: Morgan, W.A. and English, L.Q.
Description:: 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...
Type:: Text
Learning resource type:: Activity/lab and Textbook
Education level:: College / Upper division
Audience:: Instructor and Student
Discipline:: Natural Sciences - Physics

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Creator:: English, L.Q. and Morgan, W.A.
Description:: 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.
Type:: Text
Learning resource type:: Textbook and Activity/lab
Education level:: College / Upper division
Audience:: Student and Instructor
Discipline:: Natural Sciences - Physics

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