Classic 1: Syllabus
Classical mechanic is the first course in physics taken by physics students. The course covers the basic concepts of Newtonian mechanics such as kinematic, forces, frames of reference etc.
Instructor: Amir Levinson
Email: levinson@tauex.tau.ac.il
2018-2019, fall semester
Number of Hours/ Credits:6
Mandatory
Prerequisites: None
Assessment: coursework and grade structure
Every week there is a homework assignments. A perquisite for attending the final exam is submitting 70% of the assignments with a passing grade.
The final score is based on the final exam (100%).
Week-by-week content, assignments and reading
1a. Introduction, history, units and approximations
1b. Vectors
2. Kinematics
3. Newton laws, reference frames and transformations
4. Linear momentum
5. Non-inertial frames
6-7. Energy and work
8-9. Angular momentum
10-11. Rigid body
12 – Harmonic oscillators
13- two body problem and gravity
bibliography:
1. Kleppner D., Kolenkow R. J. An Introduction to Mechanics
2. Alonso, M., Finn E. J., Fundamental University Physics Vol. 1
3. Resnick, Halliday, Krane, Physics Vol. 1
4. C. Kittel, W. D. Knight and M. A. Ruderman. Berkeley Physics Course – Vol. 1 Mechanics.
האוניברסיטה הפתוחה – מכניקה .5
6. R. P. Feynman, R. B. Leighton, and M. Sands, The Feynman Lectures on Physics Vol. I.
7. גד פרנקל, פיזיקה קלאסית - מכניקה
