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show branch of mechanics that deals with pure motion  
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show the branch of mechanics that deals with the actions of forces in producing or changing the motion of masses  
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Statics   show
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Dynamics   show
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show Gravity, Strong Nuclear, Electroweak (Weak Nuclear and Electromagnetic)  
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Moment of Inertia   show
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Torque   show
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Hooke's Law   show
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Coulomb's Law   show
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Maxwell's Equations   show
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show relates electric charge to electric field  
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show magnetic monopoles do not exist  
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show Induced EMF in any closed circuit is equal to the time rate of change of the magnetic flux through the circuit  
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Ampere's Law   show
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Lorentz Force   show
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show total current into a point on a circuit equals total current out  
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Kirchoff's Voltage Law   show
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show "induced current is always in such a direction as to oppose.. change causing it"; nature abhors changes in flux  
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Joule's First Law   show
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Aerodynamics   show
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Archimedes' Principle   show
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show pressure change is conveyed uniformly throughout a fluid  
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show relates kinetic and potential energies to pressure in fluid flows  
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show PDEs that determine motion of particles in a fluid (most of CFD)  
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show Light Amplification by Stimulated Emissions of Radiation; coherent beam of light  
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Critical Angle   show
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Fluorescence   show
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show single unit of EM radiation; particle/wave duality  
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show apparent shift in frequency from moving source  
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show between any two points, light takes the path that requires the least time  
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Snell's Law (of Refraction)   show
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show wave fronts serve as sources of new wavelets (diffraction, etc.)  
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show proved wave nature of light by demonstrating diffraction  
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show relates frequency and energy by namesake constant (E=hv)  
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Enthalpy (H)   show
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Entropy (S)   show
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Helmholtz Free Energy   show
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show useful work attainable from an isothermal, isobaric system  
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show heat engine with cycle of isothermal expansion, isentropic (reversible adiabatic) expanstion, isothermal compression, and isentropic compression  
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Fusion/Melting   show
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Freezing   show
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Sublimation   show
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show transition directly from gas to solid phase (opposite of sublimation)  
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show transition from liquid to gas phase  
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Boiling   show
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show starts at absolute zero; increments equal to 1 C  
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Celsius (Centigrade)   show
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show water freezes at 32F, boils at 212F; zero is temp of ammonium chloride and ice  
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show starts at absolute zero; increments equal to 1F  
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Isobaric   show
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Isothermal   show
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show constant volume  
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show no heat flow  
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show transitive property of thermal equilibrium  
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1st Law of Thermodynamics   show
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2nd Law of Thermodynamics   show
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show processes cease and entropy goes to zero at absolute zero  
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Carnot's Theorem/Rule   show
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Joule's Second Law   show
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Fermions   show
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Quarks   show
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Leptons   show
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show elementary particles with integer spin; mediate fundamental forces  
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photon   show
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show weak nuclear force; -1 charge; 1 spin  
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show weak nuclear foce; 0 charge; 1 spin  
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show strong nuclear force; 0 charge; 1 spin  
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show endows particle masses via Higgs Mechanism; 0 charge; 0 spin  
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Graviton   show
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Hadron   show
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Baryons   show
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show fermionic constituents of atomic nuclei  
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show two up quarks, one down quark; +1 charge  
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Neutrons   show
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show contain strange quarks; heavy and short-lived  
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show composite bosons; ordinary have a quark and an antiquark in addition to bosons  
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show specific pairs of physical properties cannot both be known to arbitrary precision; the better you know one, the worse you know the other  
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show describes how the quantum state of a physical system changes over time  
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show no two identical fermions may occupy the same quantum state  
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Dirac Equation   show
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Stefan-Boltzmann Law   show
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Planck's Law   show
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Hubble's Law   show
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Special Relativity   show
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Time Dilation   show
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show twin flies in spaceship near light speed and returns to much older twin  
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Lorentz Contraction   show
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show energy content of mass at rest is mc*2  
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show expression of spatial dimensions in those of a given reference frame based on the speed of that frame; involves Lorentz factor  
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General Relativity   show
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