Welcome to the MAST Newtonian Mechanics Homepage. On this page you will find links to the lessons for this course, a listing of available papers submitted by students of this course, and a list of references that were useful in making this course.
In the mid-1600s Sir Isaac Newton invented a way of solving problems that are still used today. This course explains what he did, why it is remarkable, and why we still use it today.
Lesson 1: Particles and Position
Lesson 2: Displacement and Time
Lesson 3: Velocity
Lesson 4: Acceleration
Lesson 5: The Kinematical Equations of Motion
Lesson 6: Newton's First Principle of Motion
Lesson 7: Newton's Second Principle of Motion
Lesson 8: Newton's Third Principle of Motion
Lesson 9: The Nature of Forces
Lesson 10: Solving the Equations of Motion
Lesson 11: Work and Kinetic Energy
Lesson 12: Positional Forces, Potential Energy, and Conservation of Energy
Lesson 13: The Conservation of Momentum
Lesson 14: Collisions
Lesson 15: The Conservation of Angular Momentum
Lesson 16: Gravitation
Lesson 17: The Two-Body Problem
Lesson 18: Rigid Bodies
Lesson 19: Rotating Frames
Lesson 20: Rigid Body Dynamics
The lessons of this course will be written and administered using Mathematica. You will need either MathReader or a copy of Mathematica to read these lessons. MathReader is freely available and can be found here. If you are taking this course officially you can discuss the matter with your instructor who can get you a copy of Mathematica (free for six months, or the student version for $140 for as long as you are a MAST/SAS student with the ability to upgrade to the professional version for $350, at toal of $590 — a savings of over $600).
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