PY105 Notes

by Andrew Duffy, Boston University

PY105 is an algebra-based introductory physics course at Boston University taken primarily be pre-medical students, life science majors, and rehabilitation therapy majors. This course covers the first half of a typical introductory physics textbook, including topics such as kinematics, forces and Newton's Laws, energy and momentum, rotation, harmonic motion, fluids, heat and thermodynamics, and sound and waves. Notes for the second half of the course, PY106, can be found at the web site listed below.