<p>Hey I'm independently studying Ap Physic C because basically I'm nuts. </p>
<p>I'm using "Principles of Physics" by Serway but it's from 1999 (is that okay?) I'm not buying another textbook. I got this for free!!!</p>
<p>And I'm using one of MIT's Open Course things </p>
<p>Here is a list of topics for the MIT one:
LEC # TOPICS KEY DATES
1 Powers of Ten - Units - Dimensions - Measurements - Uncertainties - Dimensional Analysis - Scaling Arguments<br>
2 1D Kinematics - Speed - Velocity - Acceleration<br>
3 Vectors - Dot Products - Cross Products - 3D Kinematics<br>
4 3D Kinematics - Free Falling Reference Frames Assignment 1 due
5 Circular Motion - Centrifuges Moving - Reference Frames - Perceived Gravity<br>
6 Newton's Laws<br>
7 Weight - Perceived Gravity - Weightlessness Free Fall - Zero Gravity in Orbit (Misnomer)<br>
8 Friction Assignment 2 due
9 Exam Review<br>
Exam 1<br>
10 Hooke's Law - Springs - Simple Harmonic Motion - Pendulum - Small Angle Approximation<br>
11 Work - Kinetic Energy - Potential Energy - Conservative Forces - Conservation of Mechanical Energy - Newton's Universal Law of Gravitation<br>
12 Non-Conservative Forces - Resistive Forces - Air Drag - Terminal Velocity Assignment 3 due
13 Potential Energy - Energy Considerations to Derive Simple Harmonic Motion<br>
14 Escape Velocities - Bound and Unbound Orbits - Circular Orbits - Various Forms of Energy - Power<br>
15 Momentum - Conservation of Momentum - Center of Mass Assignment 4 due
16 Collisions - Elastic and Inelastic - Center of Mass Frame of Reference<br>
17 Impulse - Rockets<br>
18 Exam Review Assignment 5 due
Exam 2<br>
19 Rotating Rigid Bodies - Moment of Inertia - Parallel Axis and Perpendicular Axis Theorem - Rotational Kinetic Energy - Fly Wheels - Neutron Stars - Pulsars<br>
20 Angular Momentum - Torques - Conservation of Angular Momentum - Spinning Neutron Stars - Stellar Collapse<br>
21 Torques - Oscillating Bodies - Hoops Assignment 6 due
22 Kepler's Laws - Elliptical Orbits - Satellites - Change of Orbits - Ham Sandwich<br>
23 Doppler Effect - Binary Stars - Neutron Stars and Black Holes<br>
24 Rolling Motion - Gyroscopes - Very Non-intuitive Assignment 7 due
25 Static Equilibrium - Stability - Rope Walker<br>
26 Elasticity - Young's Modulus<br>
27 Fluid Mechanics - Pascal's Principle - Hydrostatics - Atmospheric Pressure - Over Pressure in Lungs and Tires<br>
28 Hydrostatics - Archimedes' Principle - Fluid Dynamics - What Makes Your Boat Float? - Bernoulli's Equation Assignment 8 due
29 Exam Review<br>
Exam 3<br>
30 Simple Harmonic Oscillations - Energy Considerations - Torsional Pendulum<br>
31 Forced Oscillations - Normal Modes - Resonance - Natural Frequencies - Musical Instruments<br>
32 Heat - Thermal Expansion Assignment 9 due
33 Kinetic Gas Theory - Ideal Gas Law - Isothermal Atmosphere - Phase Diagrams - Phase Transitions<br>
34 The Wonderful Quantum World - Breakdown of Classical Mechanics<br>
35 Farewell Special - High-energy Astrophysics<br>
Final Exam </p>
<p>Do I need all of these? Which can I safely omit?</p>
<p>OH BTW, I'm self studying Physics C E & M too, but I'm only doing a syllabus for Mechanics now.</p>