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Welcome to the Georgia Tech Wiki for Intro Physics. This resources was created so that students can contribute and curate content to help those with limited or no access to a textbook. When reading this website, please correct any errors you may come across. If you read something that isn't clear, please consider revising it!

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Source Material

All of the content added to this resource must be in the public domain or similar free resource. If you are unsure about a source, contact the original author for permission. That said, there is a surprisingly large amount of introductory physics content scattered across the web. Here is an incomplete list of intro physics resources (please update as needed).

A physics resource written by experts for an expert audience Physics Portal
A wiki book on modern physics Modern Physics Wiki
The MIT open courseware for intro physics MITOCW Wiki
An online concept map of intro physics HyperPhysics
Interactive physics simulations PhET
OpenStax algebra based intro physics textbook College Physics
The Open Source Physics project is a collection of online physics resources OSP
A resource guide compiled by the AAPT for educators ComPADRE

Organizing Catagories

These are the broad, overarching categories, that we cover in two semester of introductory physics. You can add subcategories or make a new category as needed. A single topic should direct readers to a page in one of these catagories.

Interactions

Fundamental Interactions

System & Surroundings

 A System is a part of the universe that we choose to study. The Surroundings are everything else that surrounds the System.

 For further refrence, see: Thinking about Physics Thinking by Professor Michael Schatz[1]

I can't submit this for grading on WebAssign yet, so I'll just leave my signature with timestamp here. --Austinrocket (talk) 23:17, 18 October 2015 (EDT)

Properties of Matter

Momentum

Vectors
Kinematics
Predicting Change in one dimension
Predicting Change in multiple dimensions

Angular Momentum

The Moments of Inertia
Rotation
Torque
Predicting a Change in Rotation

Energy

Predicting Change
Rest Mass Energy
Kinetic Energy
Potential Energy

Fields

Simple Circuits

Components
Steady State
Non Steady State

Maxwell's Equations

Gauss's Flux Theorem
- Electric Fields
- Magnetic Fields
Faraday's Law
Ampere-Maxwell Law

Radiation

Resources

Commonly used wiki commands Wiki Cheatsheet
A guide to representing equations in math mode Wiki Math Mode
A page to keep track of all the physics Constants
An overview of VPython

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 *[[Fundamental Interactions]]
-   '''Fundamental interactions''', are the most basic interactions in physical systems.
-  There are four conventionally accepted fundamental interactions: '''Gravitational, Electromagnetic, Strong force, and Weak force.'''
-  The '''Garvitational Interaction''' is the ''Interaction'' that a planet or some other large body that has it's own gravitational field can exert
-  on the System from the Surroundings. The '''Gravitational Interaction''' from the Earth onto an object that is within Earth's gravitational field
-  is 9.81 meters per second squared (m/s^2).
-  The '''Electromagnetic Interaction''' is the ''Interaction'' that charged particles can exert on the System from the Surroundings. Here we use
-  '''Coulomb's Constant''' (8.98*10^9 n/m^2 (newtons*meters squared)) to describe the ''Interaction'' between electrically charged particles.
-  The '''Strong Force''' is the ''Interaction'' between subatomic particles of matter. The strong force binds quarks together in clusters to
-  make more-familiar subatomic particles, such as protons and neutrons. It also holds together the atomic nucleus.
-  The '''Weak force''' is the ''Interaction'' that governs the decay of unstable subatomic particles such as mesons. It also initiates the
-  nuclear fusion reaction that fuels the Sun.
 *[[System & Surroundings]]
    A '''System''' is a part of the universe that we choose to study. The '''Surroundings''' are everything else that ''surrounds'' the '''System'''.