Fundamentals of Physics: Mechanics, Relativity, and Thermodynamics R. Shankar
Publisher: Yale University Press

This course covers Newtonian mechanics, special relativity, gravitation, thermodynamics, and waves. Jan 16, 2007 - Between the demise of classical mechanics as a fundamental theory and the rise of special relativity there was a period of confusion during which physicists tried to modify classical mechanics in increasingly desperate ways to make . The Second Law of Thermodynamics (cont.) and Entropy. Feb 5, 2014 - Hawking especially forged a very important link between information, relativity, thermodynamics and quantum mechanics through his exploration of what we now call the “black hole information paradox”. Mar 12, 2008 - Topic: Fundamentals of physics including Newtonian mechanics, special relativity, gravitation, thermodynamics, and waves. Quantum Physics, Particle Physics, Nuclear Physics, Classical Mechanics & Kinematics, Thermodynamics, Fluid Mechanics, Fluid Dynamics, Electrostatics, Electromagnetics, Plasma Physics, High Energy Physics, Theoretical Physics, Relativity, Astrophysics, and Cosmology. Dec 2, 2013 - Physics is the most fundamental of modern-day sciences and the present-day equivalent of what was known in earlier times as Natural Philosophy, from which most modern science emerged. 2 days ago - I spent about six months working through the consequences for different phenomena, tracing the effects on electromagnetism, thermodynamics, general relativity and quantum mechanics. The Second Law of Thermodynamics and Carnot's Engine. Feb 1, 2014 - Last year it was shown that if Hawking radiation is in a pure state, then either it cannot radiate in the way required by thermodynamics, or it would create a firewall of high energy particles near the surface of the event horizon. The Boltzmann Constant and First Law of Thermodynamics. In this work, he studied Around 1900 several outstanding physicists were working to explain Planck's black body radiation. Posted in: Physics, STEM video clips, Students, Video. Planck had to introduce This means that no model is needed (like a model of an atom in the case of quantum mechanics) in either the Special Theory of Relativity or in thermodynamics, in order to arrive at the end results of both theories. This is The fundamental idea of general relativity (the principle of equivalence) requires that if you are freely falling toward near the event horizon there shouldn't be a raging firewall of high energy particles. Hawking's work on singularities connects to . Jul 12, 2009 - One of these dealt with the fundamentals of thermodynamic theory [Einstein, 1903]. Jan 12, 2011 - Emphasis is placed on problem solving and quantitative reasoning. Since the advent of the very elegant theory of General Relativity, physics has suffered because of its inability to bring a fundamental symmetry into its theories: relativity of scale.