Feynman's Tips on Physics: A Problem-Solving Supplement to The Feynman Lectures on Physics

1. Prerequisites. Introduction To The Review Lecture ; Caltech From The Bottom ; Mathematics For Physics ; Differentiation ; Integration ; Vectors ; Differentiating Vectors ; Line Integrals ; A Simple Example ; Triangulation -- 2. Laws And Intuition. The Physical Laws ; The Nonrelativistic Approximation ; Motion With Forces ; Forces And Their Potentials ; Learning Physics By Example ; Understanding Physics Physically ; A Problem In Machine Design ; Earth's Escape Velocity ; Alternate Solutions. Finding The Acceleration Of The Weight Using Geometry ; Finding The Acceleration Of The Weight Using Trigonometry ; Finding The Force On The Weight Using Torque And Angular Momentum -- 3. Problems And Solutions. Satellite Motion ; Discovery Of The Atomic Nucleus ; The Fundamental Rocket Equation ; A Numerical Integration ; Chemical Rockets ; Ion Propulsion Rockets ; Photon Propulsion Rockets ; An Electrostatic Proton Beam Deflector ; Determining The Mass Of The Pi Meson -- 4. Dynamical Effects And Their Applications. A Demonstration Gyroscope ; The Directional Gyro ; The Artificial Horizon ; A Ship-stabilizing Gyroscope ; The Gyrocompass ; Improvements In Gyroscopes Design And Construction ; Accelerometers ; A Complete Navigational System ; Effects Of The Earth's Rotation ; The Spinning Disk ; Earth's Nutation ; Angular Momentum In Astronomy ; Angular Momentum In Quantum Mechanics ; After The Lecture -- 5. Selected Exercises. Conservation Of Energy, Statics ; Kepler's Laws And Gravitation ; Kinematics ; Newton's Laws ; Conservation Of Momentum ; Vectors ; Nonrelativistic Two-body Collisions In 3 Dimensions ; Forces ; Potentials And Fields ; Units And Dimensions ; Relativistic Energy And Momentum ; Rotations In Two Dimensions, The Center Mass ; Angular Momentum, The Moment Of Inertia ; Rotation In Three Dimensions. Richard P. Feynman, Michael A. Gottlieb, And Ralph Leighton ; With A Memoir By Matthew Sands ; And Exercises And Solutions By Robert Leighton And Rochus Vogt. Includes Index. Includes Bibliographical References And Index.