Chapter 1　The Kinematics of Mass Points
  1-1　The description of the movements of mass points
   ference frames and mass points
   sition vector,equation of motion and displ acement
   locity
   celeration
  1-2　Motion of a mass point with constant acceleration
   e equation of motion of amass point with constant acceleration
   tion of a projectile
  1-3　Circular motion
   anar polar coordinate system
   gular velocity of the circular motion
   ngential and normal accel eration of circular motion,angular motion
   rcular motion with uniform speed and circular motion with uniform acceleration
  1-4　Relative motion
   me and space
   lative motion
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 Chapter 2　Newton’s Laws
  2-1　Newton’s laws
   wton’s first law
   wton’s second law
   wton’s third law
  2-2　Units and dimensions of physical quantities
  2-3　Some forces often seen
   e gravitational force
   e elastic force
   e frictional force
  2-4　The inertial reference frame and the relativity principle of mechanics
   e inertial reference frame
   e relativity principle of mechanics
  2-5　Examples of the applications of the Newton ’s laws
  *2-6　Non-inertial reference frames and the inertial forces
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 Chapter 3　The Laws of Momentum Conservation and Energy Conservation
  3-1　The theorem of momentum of a particle and a system ofparticles
   pulse and the theorem of momentum of a particle
   e theorem of momentum of a system of particles
  3-2　The law of momentum conservation
  *3-3　The problem of mass transport within a system
  3-4　The theorem of kinetic energy
   rk
   e theorem of kinetic energy of a mass point
  3-5　Conservative force,non-conservative force and potential energy
   e features of the work done by the gravitational force,the gravity,and the el astic force
   e onservative force and the non-conservative force,the mathematical expression of the work done by the onservative force
   tential energy
   e potential energy curve
  3-6　The principle of work and energy,the law of the conservation of mechanical energy
   e theorem of kinetic energy of a system of particles
   e principle of work and energy of a system of particles
   e law of conservation of mechanical energy
   e universal speeds
  3-7　Complete elastic collision and complete inelastic collision
  3-8　The law of energy conservation
  *3-9　Center of mass and the law of motion of the center of mass
   nter of mass
   e law of motion of the center of mass
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 Chapter 4　Rotations of Rigid Body
  4-1　The rotation of a rigid body about a fixed axis
   e angular velocity and the angular acceleration of a rotating rigid body
   rmul a of uniformly accelerated rotation
   e relations between angular quantities and linear quantities
  4-2　Torque,the law of rotation,and the moment of inertia
   rque
   e law of rotation
   ment of inertia
   e theorem of parallel axes
  4-3　Angular momentum and the law of angular momentum conservation
   e angular momentum theorem of a mass point and the law of angular momentum conservation
   e theorem of angular momentum and the law of conservation of angular momentum of a rigid body rotating about a fixed axis
  4-4　Work done by a torque and the theorem of kinetic energy of a rigid body rotatingabout a fixed axis
   rk done by a torque
   e power of a torque
   e kinetic energy of rotation
   e theorem of kinetic energy of a rigid body rotating about a fixed axis
  *4-5　The translation of a rigid body on a plane
  4-6　The successes and limitations of classical mechanics
   assical mechanics is only applicable for low speed motions,not for high speed motions
   terminism and randomness
   e continuity and quantization of energy
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 Chapter 5　The Universal Gravitational Field
  5-1　Kepler’s laws
  5-2　The universal gravitational law
  5-3　The gravitational field and the gravitational potential en ergy
   e gravitational field
   e intensity of the gravitational field
   e gravita tional potential energy and the gravitational potential
   e relation between the gravitational force and the gravitational potential energy
  5-4　The gravitational potential energy and gravitational force between objects
   e gravitational force between a uni form spherical shell and a mass point
   e gravitational force between uni form spheres
   e gravitational force and gravitational potential energy of a mass point inside anuni form sphere
   e gravitational potential energy of a mass point near the surface of the Earth
  5-5　The elliptic orbits of planets and the area law
    everification of the elliptic orbit
   e verification of the area law
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 Chapter 6　Fundamentals of Thermodynamics
  6-1　The state parameters of gases,the equilibrium state,and the state equations of the ideal gas
   e stateparame tersof thegas
   e units of p,V,andT
   uilibrium state
   e equation of the state of the ideal gas
  6-2　Quasi-static processes,work,and heat
   asi-static processes
   rk
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  6-3　The internal energy and the first law of thermodynamics
   e internal energy
   e first law of the rmodynamics
  6-4　The isochoric and isobaric processes of the ideal gas and the molar heat capacity
   e isochoric process and the isochoric molar heat capacity
   e isobaric process and the isobaric molar heat capacity
   e specific heat
  6-5　The isothermal process and adiabatic process of the ideal gas
   e isothermal process
   e adiabatic process
   iabats and isotherms
   *e polytropic process
  6-6　The cyclic process and the Carnot cycle
   e cyclic process
   e heat engine and the refrigerator
   e Carnot cycle
  6-7　The expressions of the second law of thermodynamics and the Carnot theorem
   e two expressions of thesecond law of the rmodynamics
   e reversible process and irreversible process
   e Carnot theorem
   e quality of energy
  6-8　Entropy and the principle of entropy increase
   tropy
   e calculation of the change of entropy
   e principle of entropy increase
   e principle of entropy increase and the second law of thermodynamics
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 Chapter 7　Gas Kinetics
  7-1　The microscopic model of matter and the statistical regular ity
   e number density and scale of molecules
   e molecular force
   e disorder and the statistical regularity of the thermal motion of molecules
  7-2　The pressure formula of the ideal gas
   e microscopic model of the ideal gas
   e pressure formula of the ideal gas
  7-3　The relationship between the average translational kineti c ener-gy andtemperatureof the ideal gas
  7-4　The equipartition theorem of energy and the internal energy of the ideal gas
   grees of freedom
   e equipartition theorem of energy
   e internal energy and the molar heat capacity of the ideal gas
   *e heat capacity of solids
  7-5　The law of Maxwell speed distribution of gas molecules
   e experiment of measuring the speed distr ibution of gas molecules
   e Maxwell speed distribution law of gas molecules
   e three statistical speeds
  *7-6　The Boltzmann distribution law of energy and the isothermal gas pressure formula
   e Boltzmann distribution law of energy
   e isothermal gas pressure formula in the gravitational field
  7-7　The average number of collisions of molecules and the meanfree path
  7-8　The transport phenomena of gases
   e viscous phenomenon
   at conduction phenomenon
   e diffusion phenomenon
   e three transport coefficients
  *7-9　The van der Waals equation of real gases
  7-10　The statistical significance of the second law of thermodynamics
   tropy and disorder
   e degree of disorder and the number of microsc opicstates
   tropy and the thermodynamic probability and the Boltzmann formula
   *e phenomenon of self-organization
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 Appendix 1　Vectors
 Appendix 2　Some Fundamental Physical Constants
 Appendix 3　The Legitimate Metric Units of China and the Inter-national(SI)Units
 Appendix 4　Some Common Data of Air,Water,the Earth and the Solar System
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