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1、JoseWudkaDownloadedfrom:http://phyun5.ucr.edu/~wudka/Physics7/Notes_www/pdf_notes.htmlContents?Contents?FromAntiquitytoEinsteino1.Introduction°Overview°Thescientificmethod°Whatisthe``scientificmethod''?°Whatisthedifferencebetweenafact,atheoryandahypothesis?°Truthandproofinscience
2、.°Ifscientifictheorieskeepchanging,whereistheTruth?°WhatisOckham'sRazor?°Howmuchfraudisthereinscience?°Arescientistswearingblinkers?°Whyshouldweworry?°Largenumbers°Times(inseconds)°Distances(inmeters)°Velocities(inmeterspersecond)°Masses(inkilograms)°Temperatures(indeg.Kelvin)°Mo
3、nies(in1994USdollars)o2.Greekcosmology°EgyptandBabylon°Babylon°Egypt°Othernations°India°China°EarlyGreeks°Mythology°Earlycosmology°ThePythagoreans°Earlyheliocentricsystems°AristotleandPtolemy°AristotelianCosmology°ThemotionaccordingtoAristotle°Ptolemyo3.FromtheMiddleAgestoHelioce
4、ntrism°Preamble°TheMiddleAges.°TheCopernicanRevolution°Aristotleinthe16thcentury°Keplero4.GalileoandNewton°Introduction°GalileoGalilei°Galileanrelativity°Mechanics°Themotionoffallingbodies°Themotionofprojectiles°Astronomy°GalileoandtheInquisition°IsaacNewton°Mechanics.°1stLawandN
5、ewtonianspaceandtime.°2ndLaw°3rdLaw°Optics°Gravitation.o5.TheCloudsGather°Electricityandmagnetism°Electricity°Magnetism°Wavesvs.particles°Light°Problems°Ether°GalileanRelativity°Preludetorelativity?Einstein'sRelativityandModernCosmologyo6.TheSpecialTheoryofRelativity°Introduction
6、°EnterEinstein°Thefirstprediction:thespeedoflightandthedemiseofNewton'smechanics°Thesecondprediction:Simultaneityisrelative°Thefirstmurdermystery(ca.1890)°Thesecondmurdermystery(ca.2330)°Thethirdprediction:ThedemiseofUniversalTime°Lengthcontraction°Paradoxes.°SpaceandTime°Thetops
7、peed.°Massandenergy.o7.TheGeneralTheoryofRelativity°Thehappiestthoughtofmylife.°Newtonvs.Einstein°Gravitationvsacceleration°Light°Clocksinagravitationalforce.°Blackholes°Gravitationandenergy°Spaceandtime.°Propertiesofspaceandtime.°Curvature°Waves°Summary.°Testsofgeneralrelativity
8、.°PrecessionoftheperihelionofMercury°Gra
