Nature of Physical World and Measurement#

Education is not the learning of facts, but the training of the mind to think" - Albert Einstein

Kinematics#

All the laws of nature are written in the language of mathematics- Galileo

UNIT 3 LAWS OF MOTION

LAWS OF MOTION#

“In the beginning there was a mechanics”-Von Laue

Unit 4: Work, Energy and Power#

Unit 5: Motion of System of Particles and Rigid Bodies#

In nature, we have to deal not with material points but with material bodies … - Max Planck

Learning Objectives#

In this unit, the student is exposed to:

• relevance of the centre of mass in …

Learning Objectives

In this unit, the student is exposed to

• Kepler’s laws for planetary motion
• Newton’s law of gravitation
• connection between Kepler’s laws and law of gravitation
• calculation of gravitational field and potential …

PROPERTIES OF MATTER#

Many of the greatest advances that have been made from the beginning of the world to the present time have been made in the earnest desire to turn the knowledge of the properties of matter to some purpose useful to mankind – Lord …

8.1 HEAT AND TEMPERATURE

Unit 9: Kinetic Theory of Gases#

“With thermodynamics one can calculate almost everything crudely; with kinetic theory, one can calculate fewer things, but more accurately.” - Eugene Wigner

10.1

Learning Objectives

In this unit, the student is exposed to

• oscillatory motion – periodic motion and non-periodic motion
• simple harmonic motion
• angular harmonic motion
• linear harmonic oscillator – both horizontal and vertical
• combination of …

We are slowed down sound and light waves, a walking bundle of frequencies tuned into the cosmos. We are souls dressed up in sacred biochemical garments and our bodies are the instruments through which our souls play their music – Albert Einstein …