Memory is map linking one concept to another concept. Mind map or mental map helps in your memorizing things.
Let me try to identify main concepts in each chapter and link them to more concepts related to each of them
Chapters from "Concepts of Physics Part I and II" by H C Verma
Chapters
1. Introduction to physics
Physics - Understanding nature - Mathematics - Units - Dimensions
Units - Fundamental quantities - Derived quanties - SI units - SI Prefixes
SI Units - Metre - Kilogram - Second - Ampere - Kelvin - Mole
Dimension - Homogenuity - Conversion of Units
Understanding Nature - Structure of world
Order of magnitude
2. Physics and mathematics
3. Rest and motion :kinematics
Rest - Motion – displacement – Speed – Velocity – Acceleration – Frame of Reference
Displacement – Distance moved
Speed - average speed - instantaneous speed
Velocity - Average velocity - instantaneous velocity – Acceleration
Acceleration - Average acceleration - instantaneous acceleration
Motion - straight line - Motion in a plane - Projectile motion
Frame of Reference – Change in Frame of Reference
4. The forces
Forces - Gravitational forces - Electromagnetic (EM) forces - Nuclear Forces - Weak forces - Scope of Classical physics
Gravitational forces - G (universal constant 6.67 *106-11 N-m^2/kg^2) – Acceleration due to gravity g = GM/R^2) - Spherical body treated as a point mass at their centres
Electromagnetic (EM) forces – Coulomb forces – Forces between two surfaces in contact – Tension in a string or rope – Force due to a spring
Nuclear Forces – Exerted when interacting particles are protons or neutrons
Weak forces – Forces responsible for beta decay – antinutrino - positron
Scope of Classical physics – Applicable to bodies of linear sizes greater than 10^-6 m – Subatomic bodies – Quantum physics applicable – If the velocity of bodies are comparable to 3*10^* m/s relativistic mechanics is applicable.
5. Newtons law of motion
Newtons laws of motion - First law - second law - third law - Pseudo forces - Inertia
Newton's First law – Inertial frame of reference – Earth - Noninertial frame of reference
Newton's second law –( f = ma) - Freebody diagram
Newton's third law of motion – action - reaction
Pseudo forces – inertial forces
Inertia – a property which determines acceleration
6. Friction
Friction – Normal contact force – Friction - Kinetic friction - Static friction - Laws of friction - Atomic level friction – Rolling Friction
Kinetic friction – Opposite to motion – Coefficient of Kinetic friction –
Static friction - Limiting friction – Max. Static friction - Coefficient of static friction
Measurement of friction Coefficients- Horizontal table method – Inclined table method
7. Circular motion
Circular motion - Angular variables - Unit vectors along the radius and the tangent – Acceleration - Banking of roads in circular turns - Centrifugal force – Effects of earth's rotation
Angular variables – Angular position – Angular velocity – Angular acceleration – tangential acceleration
Unit vectors along the radius and the tangent – Tangential Unit vectors - Radial Unit vectors
Acceleration – Uniform circular motion - Nonuniform circular motion
Effects of earth's rotation – Colatitude – apparent weight
8. Work and energy
Work and energy - Work - Kinetic energy - Work energy theorem - Potential energy - Conservative and nonconservative forces - Gravitational potential energy - Different forms of energy - Mass energy equivalence
Work - Calculation of work done -
Potential energy - Potential energy of a compressed or extended spring - Gravitational potential energy
9. Centre of mass,linear momentum,collision
Centre of mass, linear momentum, collision - Centre of mass - Motion of the Centre of mass - Linear momentum – Collision – Impulse
Centre of mass - Centre of mass of continuous bodies - Motion of the Centre of mass
Linear momentum - Its conservation principle - Rocket propulsion
Collision - Elastic collision in one dimension - Perfectly inelastic collision in one dimension - Coefficient of restitution - Elastic collision in two dimensions
Impulse - Impulsive force
10. Rotational mechanics
11. Gravitation
12. Simple harmonic motion
13. Fluid mechanics
14. Some mechanical properties of matter
15. Wave motion and waves on a string
16. Sound waves
17. Light waves
18. Geometrical optics
19. Optical instruments
20. Dispersion and spectra
21. Speed of light
22. Photometry
23. Heat and Temperature
24. Kinetic theory of Gases
25. Calorimetry
26. Laws of Thermodynamics
27. Specific Heat of Capacities of Gases
28. Heat transfer
29. Electric Field and Potential
30. Gauss's Law
31. Capacitors
32. Electric Current in Conductors
32. Thermal and Chemical effects of Electric Current
33. Thermal and Chemical Effects of Electric Current
34. Magentic Field
35. Magnetic field due to a Current
36. Permanent Magnets
37. Magnetic Properties of Matter
38. Electro Magentic Induction
39. Alternating current
40. electromagentic Waves
41. Electric Current through Gases
42. Photoelectric Effect and Waveparticle Duality
43. Bohr's Model and Physics of Atom
44. X-Rays
45. SemiConductors and Semiconductor Devices
46. Nucleus
47. The Special Theory of Relativity
1 comment:
I am a retired HSC teacher and doing research in physics education for 35 years. Research in this field, spanning over 40 years, shows that circular motion is a very difficult topic for learning / teaching and hence related topics like the planetary motion / Bohr's model of H atom. WHY this is so? I started with this question in 1975 and arrived at something which can not be found in any existing textbook, Indian / foreign. As centenary of Bohr's model is in 2013, I request students/teachers to read my letter to the editor of CHANGE (Carnegie Foundation) May-June 2008, p. 5, http://changemag.org/Archives/... You can send me sms also on 020-65100495 OR 09922467861
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