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A Companion To The Introduction To Modern Dynamics, David D. Nolte
A Companion To The Introduction To Modern Dynamics, David D. Nolte
David D Nolte
A Jr/Sr Mechanics/Dynamics textbook from Oxford University Press, updating how we teach undergraduate physics majors with increased relevance for physics careers in changing times.
Additional materials, class notes and examples to go with the textbook Introduction to Modern Dynamics: Chaos, Networks, Space and Time (Oxford University Press, 2019).
The best parts of physics are the last topics that our students ever see. These are the exciting new frontiers of nonlinear and complex systems that are at the forefront of university research and are the basis of many of our high-tech businesses. Topics such as traffic on the World Wide Web, …
The Tangled Tale Of Phase Space, David D. Nolte
The Tangled Tale Of Phase Space, David D. Nolte
David D Nolte
(Preview of Chapter 6: Galileo Unbound: Oxford 2018) Phase space has been called one of the most powerful inventions of modern science. But its historical origins are clouded in a tangle of independent discovery and mis-attributions that persist today. This Physics Today article unravels the twisted tale of the discovery and the naming of phase space that began with Liouville in 1838, but by no means ended there, culminating in an encyclopedia article of 1911 that had unintended and lasting etymological side effects never intended by its authors.