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Free
Physics Courses and Study Resources
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Physics Classroom- This is the place to begin a serious study of physics. Just
make sure you have your pencil sharpened and your study journal loaded with fresh pages of
paper. This is a terrific place to start building your understanding of physics. Also make
certain that Java is enabled for your browser, because some of the Java animations are
very helpful.
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- College Physics, with Algebra
 This is a rigorous introduction to modern college physics. The
required math level is college-level algebra and trigonometry. The course in mainly
intended for technologists, scientists, and engineers.
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- Video Lectures in College Physics
 Imagine sitting in on three semesters of undrgraduate physics at MIT ... in
the comfort of your home and at absolutely no cost! Well, here it is:
- Video Lectures in College Physics,
with Calculus
- If you ever enjoyed the series, The Mechanical Universe,
on public television, you will be glad to know that it is now available here on demand.
demand. All 39, half-hour episodes are ready for your careful review. Naturally, you
are going to want to take a lot of notes. And, yes, you must have a broadband connection
to appreciate the high quality of these programs.
- String
Theory
- Here are the thirty-two segments of the Nova Miniseries, The
Elegant Universe, originally broadcast on PBS in October and November, 2003.
See a short preview of this
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What is Physics?
Physics (from the Greek, physikos,
"natural", and physis, "nature") is the science of the natural
world dealing with the fundamental constituents of the universe, the forces they exert on
one another, and the results produced by these forces. Sometimes in modern physics, a more
sophisticated approach is taken that incorporates elements of the three areas listed
above; it relates to the laws of symmetry and conservation, such as those pertaining to
energy, momentum, charge, and parity.
Physicists study a wide range of physical phenomena
spanning all length scales: from the subatomic particles from which all ordinary (i.e.,
baryonic) matter is made (particle physics) to the behavior of the material Universe as a
whole (cosmology).
Physics is closely related to mathematics, which provides
the logical framework in which physical laws can be precisely formulated and their
predictions quantified. Physical theories are almost invariably expressed using
mathematical relations. The difference between physics and mathematics is that physics is
ultimately concerned with descriptions of the material world, whereas mathematics is
concerned with abstract patterns that need not have any bearing on it. The distinction,
however, is not always clear-cut. There is a large area of research intermediate between
physics and mathematics, known as mathematical physics, devoted to developing the
mathematical structure of physical theories.
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