Lecture 2: Newton's Laws & Describing the Kinematics of Particles
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Prof. Vandiver goes over kinematics (describing the motion of particles and rigid bodies), Newton's three laws of motion, about action and reaction forces, the importance of an inertial reference frames, and the definition of center of mass.
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