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Index
Index
Dialogues Concerning the Two New Sciences 37
dynamics 53
E
elephant 46
energy
distinguished from force 108
F
falling objects 75
Feynman 77
Feynman, Richard 77
force
analysis of forces 137
Aristotelian versus Newtonian 99
as a vector 164
attractive 131
contact 101
distinguished from energy 108
frictional 133
gravitational 132
net 102
noncontact 101
oblique 131
positive and negative signs of 101
repulsive 131
transmission of 139
forces
classification of 130
frame of reference
defined 59
inertial or noninertial 111
French Revolution 23
friction
fluid 136
kinetic 133
static 133
G
Galilei, Galileo.See Galileo Galilei
Galileo Galilei 37
gamma rays 18
grand jete 56
graphing 61
graphs
of position versus time 60
velocity versus time 69
H
high jump 56
A
acceleration 78
as a vector 161
constant 89
definition 84
negative 81
alchemy 17
area
operational definition 35
scaling of 37
area under a curve 87
area under a-t graph 88
under v-t graph 87
astrology 17
B
Bacon, Sir Francis 20
C
calculus
differential 70
fundamental theorem of 93
integral 93
invention by Newton 69
Leibnitz notation 70
with vectors 165
cathode rays 18
center of mass 55
motion of 55
center-of-mass motion 55
centi- (metric prefix) 23
Challenger disaster 91
circular motion 171
nonuniform 173
uniform 173
cockroaches 44
coefficient of kinetic friction 134
coefficient of static friction 134
component
defined 118
conversions of units 28
coordinate system
defined 59
Copernicus 64
D
Darwin 19
delta notation 57
derivative 70
second 93