4.8 — Further reading and references

Books

Primary reference

• Halliday, Resnick, Krane — Vol 1, Ch 4
• Halliday, Resnick, Walker — newer edition

Parallel and deeper

• Serway & Jewett — Physics for Scientists and Engineers, Ch 3-4
• Young & Freedman — University Physics, Ch 3
• Kleppner & Kolenkow — An Introduction to Mechanics, Ch 2 — mathematically stricter
• Feynman Lectures Vol I, Ch 8-10 — motion with a physicist's intuition

Online resources

Video series

• MIT OCW 8.01 Physics I — Lectures 3-5 — projectile, circular motion
• Walter Lewin MIT Lectures — live projectile and centripetal demonstrations
• Khan Academy — Projectile motion

Simulations

• PhET Projectile Motion — interactive
• PhET Ladybug Motion 2D — live velocity and acceleration vectors
• GeoGebra — projectile trajectory with parameters

Related experiments

• Free-fall experiment — background for §4.3
• Pendulum experiment — related to circular/oscillatory motion

Immediate applications in later chapters

• Ch 5-6 — Newton's laws: \vec F = m\vec a for 2D/3D motion
• Ch 8 — work and energy: line integrals
• Ch 10-12 — rotation: deeper circular motion
• Ch 15 — gravitation: orbits (Gravity articles are a preview)

Topics this chapter didn't cover

• Projectile with air drag — requires differential equations
• Motion on curved paths (brachistochrone — minimum-time trajectory)
• Relativistic kinematics — speeds near c (special relativity)
• Non-uniform circular motion — both tangential and centripetal acceleration

Preview of §4.9

Frequently asked questions.

📚 Interesting book: Physics Problems: A Guide to Meeting the Challenge — advanced projectile problems

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