Introduction to Mechanics Specialization

About Course

Dive deep into the fundamental principles of mechanics with the **Introduction to Mechanics Specialization** from Rice University. This comprehensive program, equivalent to a first-year university physics course, covers essential concepts like motion, forces, energy, momentum, rotational motion, and gravitation.

With over **100 brief lectures and 100+ problems**, you’ll gain a solid understanding of mechanics and develop critical thinking skills through conceptual questions, computational homework problems, and comprehensive exams. You’ll also master mathematical tools like trigonometry, vector analysis, and calculus to solve real-world problems.

This specialization is **completely free** and is available on platforms like **Udemy, Udacity, Coursera, MasterClass, NearPeer**, and more.

**Enroll now** and embark on a journey of discovery in the fascinating world of mechanics.

Course Content

01. Physics 101 – Forces and Kinematics

A Message from the Professor
006 02_welcome.mp4

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007 03_class-overview_instructions.html

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008 04_grading-philosophy-and-advice_instructions.html

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011 05_why-physics-is-hard.mp4

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015 01_a-stationary-mass.mp4

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018 02_a-smoothly-moving-mass.mp4

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019 03_police-officers-dilemna_quiz.html

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020 04_university-physics_instructions.html

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023 01_displacement-from-here-to-there.mp4

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024 02_displacements_quiz.html

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027 01_average-velocity.mp4

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030 02_instantaneous-velocity.mp4

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031 03_reading-a-kinematics-graph_quiz.html

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032 04_university-physics_instructions.html

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035 01_distance-of-a-path.mp4

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038 02_speed-of-a-path.mp4

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003 01_physics-101-trailer.mp4

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039 03_getting-from-a-to-b_quiz.html

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042 01_velocity-and-speed-comparison-chart.mp4

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046 02_the-football-player-solution.mp4

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047 03_the-meeting-of-the-band-nerds-problem_quiz.html

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050 04_the-meeting-of-the-band-nerds-solution.mp4

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053 01_speeding-up.mp4

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054 02_harmonic-motion_quiz.html

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057 03_acceleration-near-the-earth.mp4

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058 04_acceleration-direction_quiz.html

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059 05_throwing-chalk-problem_quiz.html

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062 06_throwing-chalk-solution.mp4

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063 07_university-physics_instructions.html

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066 01_position.mp4

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069 02_graphical-kinematics.mp4

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070 03_kinematics-graph_quiz.html

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071 04_throwing-chalk-2-problem_quiz.html

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074 05_throwing-chalk-2-solution.mp4

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077 06_acceleration-over-a-distance.mp4

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078 07_units_quiz.html

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079 01_1d-kinematics-homework_exam.html

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082 02_spt-the-silly-one.mp4

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083 01_university-physics_instructions.html

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086 02_graphing-x-and-y.mp4

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089 03_the-position-vector.mp4

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090 04_r_quiz.html

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093 05_shoot.mp4

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094 06_white-cliffs-of-dover_quiz.html

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097 07_shoot-and-drop.mp4

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100 08_how-much-further.mp4

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101 09_greater-acceleration_quiz.html

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102 01_university-physics_instructions.html

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105 02_kinematics-in-x-and-y.mp4

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106 03_perpendicular_quiz.html

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109 04_trajectory-range-height-and-time.mp4

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110 05_intro-beer-pong-problem_quiz.html

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113 06_intro-beer-pong-solution.mp4

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114 07_advanced-beer-pong-problem_quiz.html

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117 08_advanced-beer-pong-error-in-answer-should-be-79-and-57.mp4

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120 09_the-hunter-and-the-monkey-demo.mp4

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121 01_university-physics_instructions.html

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124 02_uniform-circular-motion.mp4

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125 03_constants-of-uniform-circular-motion_quiz.html

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126 04_tick-tock_quiz.html

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129 05_circular-motion-is-periodic-motion.mp4

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132 06_angular-and-translational-motion.mp4

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135 07_tangential-and-radial-acceleration.mp4

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136 08_acceleration-in-the-loop_quiz.html

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137 01_university-physics_instructions.html

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140 02_relative-motion.mp4

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143 03_galilean-transformations.mp4

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144 04_fastest-frame_quiz.html

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147 05_the-hunter-the-ant-the-butterfly-and-the-selfie-stick-1.mp4

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150 06_the-hunter-the-ant-the-butterfly-and-the-selfie-stick-2.mp4

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153 07_time-dilation.mp4

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156 08_time-travel.mp4

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157 01_2d-kinematics-homework_exam.html

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160 02_tt-signs-your-professor-got-their-figures-from-the-internet.mp4

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161 01_university-physics_instructions.html

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164 02_newtons-first-law.mp4

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167 03_newtons-second-law.mp4

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168 04_a-mouse-on-your-desk_quiz.html

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171 05_newtons-third-law.mp4

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172 06_reaction-to-the-mouse_quiz.html

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173 01_university-physics_instructions.html

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176 02_gravitational-force.mp4

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179 03_normal-force.mp4

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180 04_normal-size_quiz.html

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183 05_friction-force.mp4

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184 06_pushing-a-book_quiz.html

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187 07_air-drag.mp4

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188 08_sky-diving_quiz.html

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191 09_liquid-drag-1.mp4

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192 10_anchors-aweigh_quiz.html

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195 11_liquid-drag-2.mp4

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196 12_time-constant_quiz.html

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199 13_spring-force.mp4

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200 14_springy-damping_quiz.html

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203 15_tension-force.mp4

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204 16_frequently-missed-tension-problem_quiz.html

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207 17_fictitious-force.mp4

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208 18_accelerating-elevator_quiz.html

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209 01_university-physics_instructions.html

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210 02_pushing-blocks-problem_quiz.html

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213 03_pushing-blocks-solution.mp4

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214 04_blocks-with-friction-problem_quiz.html

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217 05_blocks-with-friction-solution.mp4

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218 06_overhill-and-underhill-1-problem_quiz.html

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221 07_overhill-and-underhill-1-solution.mp4

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222 08_when-will-it-slide-problem_quiz.html

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225 09_when-will-it-slide-solution.mp4

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226 10_atwood-acceleration-problem_quiz.html

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229 11_atwood-acceleration-solution.mp4

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230 12_the-conical-pendulum-problem_quiz.html

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233 13_the-conical-pendulum-solution.mp4

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234 14_overhill-and-underhill-2-problem_quiz.html

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237 15_overhill-and-underhill-2-solution.mp4

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238 16_masses-on-strings-problem_quiz.html

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241 17_masses-on-strings-solution.mp4

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242 01_newtons-laws-homework_exam.html

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245 02_spt-the-bar-trick.mp4

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246 01_exam_exam.html

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249 02_tt-who-students-say-i-look-like.mp4

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02. Physics 101 – Energy and Momentum

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002 02_grading-philosophy-and-advice_instructions.html

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003 01_university-physics_instructions.html

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006 02_kinetic-energy.mp4

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007 03_airport-walkway_quiz.html

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010 04_work.mp4

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011 05_work-or-no-work_quiz.html

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014 06_shoot-drop-and-roll.mp4

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015 07_on-vacation_quiz.html

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018 08_varying-force.mp4

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019 09_varying-forces_quiz.html

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022 10_work-kinetic-energy-theorem.mp4

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025 11_negative-work.mp4

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026 12_change-due-to-work_quiz.html

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029 13_power.mp4

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030 14_kilowatt-hours_quiz.html

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033 15_why-physics-is-cruel.mp4

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034 01_university-physics_instructions.html

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037 02_gravitational-potential-energy.mp4

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038 03_child-in-swing_quiz.html

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041 04_conservation-of-mechanical-energy.mp4

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044 05_bowling-ball-demo.mp4

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045 06_pendulum-energy_quiz.html

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048 07_another-bowling-ball-demo.mp4

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051 08_keeping-energy-in-the-loop.mp4

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054 09_spring-potential-energy.mp4

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057 10_cross-bow-demo.mp4

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060 11_potential-energy-diagrams.mp4

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061 12_energy-diagram_quiz.html

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064 01_sliding-block.mp4

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065 02_generating-heat_quiz.html

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068 03_work-by-friction.mp4

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071 04_conservative-forces.mp4

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072 05_multiple-forces_quiz.html

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073 01_energy-homework_exam.html

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076 02_new-video.mp4

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077 01_university-physics_instructions.html

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080 02_three-ways-to-do-mechanics.mp4

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083 03_momentum-and-newtons-laws.mp4

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086 04_momentum-conservation-demo.mp4

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087 05_frictionless-skateboard_quiz.html

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090 06_watermelon-demo.mp4

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093 07_impulse.mp4

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094 08_beach-ball-and-marble_quiz.html

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097 09_beginner-rocketry.mp4

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098 10_ion-propulsion_quiz.html

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099 01_university-physics_instructions.html

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102 02_momentum-of-collisions.mp4

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105 03_energy-of-collisions.mp4

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106 04_billiards_quiz.html

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109 05_perfectly-inelastic-collision.mp4

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110 06_civic-vs-escalade_quiz.html

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113 07_elastic-collision-i.mp4

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116 08_elastic-collision-ii.mp4

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117 09_forward-collision_quiz.html

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120 10_bouncy-balls.mp4

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123 11_more-bouncy-balls.mp4

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127 02_average-position-in-collisions.mp4

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130 03_center-of-mass.mp4

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131 04_mass-at-center-of-mass_quiz.html

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134 05_extended-object-center-of-mass.mp4

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135 06_solid-objects_quiz.html

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138 07_center-of-mass-uniform-isoceles-triangle.mp4

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141 08_walk-the-plank-1.mp4

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144 09_walk-the-plank-2.mp4

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145 10_which-frame_quiz.html

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148 11_advanced-rocketry.mp4

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149 12_conservation-laws-of-rockets_quiz.html

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150 01_momentum-collisions-homework_exam.html

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153 02_tt-words-that-will-reveal-your-southern-accent.mp4

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154 01_university-physics_instructions.html

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157 02_static-equilibrium.mp4

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158 03_3d-statics_quiz.html

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161 04_sign-on-a-building.mp4

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164 05_helping-a-friend-move.mp4

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167 06_wheelchair-over-a-curb.mp4

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170 07_the-moving-load.mp4

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173 08_finding-the-center-of-mass.mp4

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174 09_finding-the-com_quiz.html

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175 01_university-physics_instructions.html

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178 02_elastic-moduli.mp4

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179 03_hanging-cables_quiz.html

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182 04_material-response.mp4

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185 05_how-not-to-make-a-spring.mp4

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186 01_statics-and-elasticity-homework_exam.html

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189 02_tt-other-reasons-rice-needs-more-undergraduate-students.mp4

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03. Physics 101 – Rotational Motion and Gravitation

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003 01_university-physics_instructions.html

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006 02_rotational-motion-defined.mp4

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007 03_yo-yo-tricks_quiz.html

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010 04_steps-to-rotational-motion.mp4

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011 05_rotating-disk_quiz.html

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014 06_angular-displacement.mp4

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015 07_desk-chair_quiz.html

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018 08_angular-velocity-and-acceleration.mp4

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021 09_slowing-a-bike-wheel.mp4

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024 10_rotational-vector-directions.mp4

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025 11_slowing-bicycle_quiz.html

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028 12_rotational-and-translational-quantities.mp4

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033 02_rotational-kinetic-energy.mp4

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036 03_i-moment.mp4

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037 04_rotating-cube_quiz.html

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040 05_calculating-moment-of-inertia.mp4

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043 06_moment-of-a-rod.mp4

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044 07_rod-integration_quiz.html

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047 08_moment-of-a-disk.mp4

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048 09_translating-vs-rotating_quiz.html

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051 10_moment-of-a-cylinder.mp4

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054 11_moment-of-a-sphere.mp4

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055 12_moment-of-a-sphere_quiz.html

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058 13_parallel-axis-theorem.mp4

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059 14_moments-and-symmetry_quiz.html

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060 01_university-physics_instructions.html

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063 02_torque-defined.mp4

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064 03_drop-a-spool_quiz.html

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067 04_calculating-torque.mp4

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068 05_torque-on-a-spool_quiz.html

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071 06_torque-and-angle.mp4

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076 09_clay-arrangment_quiz.html

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079 10_atwood-machine.mp4

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084 02_rolling-cylinder.mp4

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088 04_rolling-kinetic-energy.mp4

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092 06_rolling-with-gravity.mp4

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103 02_tt-physicist-nicknames.mp4

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107 02_introduction-to-angular-momentum-l.mp4

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108 03_clock-angular-momentum_quiz.html

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114 05_conservation-of-angular-momentum-ii.mp4

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118 07_precession-i.mp4

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121 08_precession-2.mp4

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131 12_gyroscope-of-precession-iii.mp4

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156 10_disk-and-bar-collision-ii.mp4

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159 11_parallel-axis-theorem-for-angular-momentum.mp4

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162 12_massive-pulley-problem-i.mp4

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168 14_massive-pulley-problem-iii.mp4

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173 02_universal-gravitational-force.mp4

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174 03_gravity-and-momentum_quiz.html

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180 05_gravity-near-the-earth.mp4

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185 02_tychos-moose-and-keplers-ellipse.mp4

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189 04_keplers-second-law.mp4

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192 05_keplers-third-law.mp4

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199 03_gravitational-potential-energy.mp4

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Course Content

01. Physics 101 – Forces and Kinematics

A Message from the Professor

006 02_welcome.mp4

007 03_class-overview_instructions.html

008 04_grading-philosophy-and-advice_instructions.html

011 05_why-physics-is-hard.mp4

015 01_a-stationary-mass.mp4

018 02_a-smoothly-moving-mass.mp4

019 03_police-officers-dilemna_quiz.html

020 04_university-physics_instructions.html

023 01_displacement-from-here-to-there.mp4

024 02_displacements_quiz.html

027 01_average-velocity.mp4

030 02_instantaneous-velocity.mp4

031 03_reading-a-kinematics-graph_quiz.html

032 04_university-physics_instructions.html

035 01_distance-of-a-path.mp4

038 02_speed-of-a-path.mp4

003 01_physics-101-trailer.mp4

039 03_getting-from-a-to-b_quiz.html

042 01_velocity-and-speed-comparison-chart.mp4

046 02_the-football-player-solution.mp4

047 03_the-meeting-of-the-band-nerds-problem_quiz.html

050 04_the-meeting-of-the-band-nerds-solution.mp4

053 01_speeding-up.mp4

054 02_harmonic-motion_quiz.html

057 03_acceleration-near-the-earth.mp4

058 04_acceleration-direction_quiz.html

059 05_throwing-chalk-problem_quiz.html

062 06_throwing-chalk-solution.mp4

063 07_university-physics_instructions.html

066 01_position.mp4

069 02_graphical-kinematics.mp4

070 03_kinematics-graph_quiz.html

071 04_throwing-chalk-2-problem_quiz.html

074 05_throwing-chalk-2-solution.mp4

077 06_acceleration-over-a-distance.mp4

078 07_units_quiz.html

079 01_1d-kinematics-homework_exam.html

082 02_spt-the-silly-one.mp4

083 01_university-physics_instructions.html

086 02_graphing-x-and-y.mp4

089 03_the-position-vector.mp4

090 04_r_quiz.html

093 05_shoot.mp4

094 06_white-cliffs-of-dover_quiz.html

097 07_shoot-and-drop.mp4

100 08_how-much-further.mp4

101 09_greater-acceleration_quiz.html

102 01_university-physics_instructions.html

105 02_kinematics-in-x-and-y.mp4

106 03_perpendicular_quiz.html

109 04_trajectory-range-height-and-time.mp4

110 05_intro-beer-pong-problem_quiz.html

113 06_intro-beer-pong-solution.mp4

114 07_advanced-beer-pong-problem_quiz.html

117 08_advanced-beer-pong-error-in-answer-should-be-79-and-57.mp4

120 09_the-hunter-and-the-monkey-demo.mp4

121 01_university-physics_instructions.html

124 02_uniform-circular-motion.mp4

125 03_constants-of-uniform-circular-motion_quiz.html

126 04_tick-tock_quiz.html

129 05_circular-motion-is-periodic-motion.mp4

132 06_angular-and-translational-motion.mp4

135 07_tangential-and-radial-acceleration.mp4

136 08_acceleration-in-the-loop_quiz.html

137 01_university-physics_instructions.html

140 02_relative-motion.mp4

143 03_galilean-transformations.mp4

144 04_fastest-frame_quiz.html

147 05_the-hunter-the-ant-the-butterfly-and-the-selfie-stick-1.mp4

150 06_the-hunter-the-ant-the-butterfly-and-the-selfie-stick-2.mp4

153 07_time-dilation.mp4

156 08_time-travel.mp4

157 01_2d-kinematics-homework_exam.html

160 02_tt-signs-your-professor-got-their-figures-from-the-internet.mp4

161 01_university-physics_instructions.html