SURFING Physics - Space (Revised)

Contents of this book:

1    Gravity and the Newton
2    Dropping an Object
3    Swinging a Pendulum
4    Newton’s Laws of Gravitation
5    Gravitational Potential Energy
6    Galileo and Projectiles
7    Components of Initial Velocity
8    Projectile Problems – 1
9    Projectile Problems – 2
10    Projectile Problems – 3
11    Analysing Projectile Motion Diagrams
12    Newton and Escape Velocity
13    Changing Acceleration of Rockets
14    G-forces
15    Earth’s Motion and Rocket Launches
16    Circles
17    Centripetal Force
18    Newton and Orbital Speed
19    Time To Orbit
20    Orbits
21    The Slingshot Effect
22    Re-entry
23    Comparing Three Case Studies
24    Have Spaceship, Can’t Travel!
25    The Aether
26    Inertial and Non-inertial Frames of Reference
27    Einstein’s First Thought Experiment
28    Simultaneity
29    Time Dilation
30    Length Contraction
31    Relativistic Mass
32    Special Relativity and Space Travel

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