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Mechanics
Reference systems, units of measure. Principle of inertia. Definition of speed, motion with constant velocity (RM I).
Zeno's paradox.
Acceleration. Uniform accelerated motion. Uniform circular motion (RM II, MB 1.2, 1.3, 1.4).
Mass, force and momentum. Pulse and collision. Newton's laws (RM III, 1.7 MB 1.8, 1.9, 1.10).
Gravitation (RM IV, 3.3 MB, 3.4).
Kepler's laws: 2D motion, circular motion (2.3 MB, 2.4).
Energy and labor. Related systems (RM V).
Transformations between reference systems. Non-inertial reference systems. Apparent forces (MB 3.7, 3.8, 3.9).
Elastic forces: Hook's law, periodic motion (2.11 MB).
Mechanical waves. Equation of the vibrating string (RM VII, MB).
Thermodynamics
Kinetic theory of gases: interpretation of the concept of temperature.
The Kac Model: the statistical meaning of entropy.
Electromagnetism
Coulomb's law. Conductors and insulators. Electric induction (5.1 MB).
The concept of field. Lines of force. Electric and magnetic fields (MRI VI, 5.5 MB).
Flow and circulation fields. Biot-Savart law. Magnetic induction. Lenz's law (5.7 MB).
Displacement current. Maxwell equations. Electromagnetic waves (RM VII, 5.6 MB, 5.9).
Theory of relativity
Michelson and Morley. Lorentz contraction (RM VII, 5.14 MB).
Relativity principle. Simultaneity. Length contraction, time dilation. Twin paradox (RM IX-X, 6.1 MB).
The Minkowski flat. Lorentz transformations. Geometric interpretation of the Lorentz transformations (6.2 MB).
E = mc² and its consequences (RM XI).
Equivalence principle. Elements of general relativity (RM XII).
Quantum mechanics
Structure of the atom. Rutherford experiment (RM XIII, XIV).
Blackbody spectrum. Planck hypothesis. The photon: photoelectric effect and Compton scattering. Spectra lines. The Bohr atom (RM XV).
De Broglie wave. Davisson-Germer experiment. Schrödinger equation (RM XVI).
Uncertainty principle. Tunneling (RM XVII).

(RM) Robert H. March, Fisica per poeti, Edizioni Dedalo
(MB) Max Born, La sintesi einsteniana, Bollati Boringhieri