Further reading and references

Finished Chapter 1 and want to go deeper — or stuck somewhere and need a second source? This is our curated list. Each entry has a short note on why…

2.3 — Acceleration

From §2.2, we saw that instantaneous velocity can change over time. The rate of change of velocity is itself a fundamental quantity — we call it…

2.5 — Free fall

The most important application of constant acceleration (§2.4) in nature: free fall. Any object near Earth’s surface subject only to gravity (no air…