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Conservation Laws. Physics textbook. Contains chapter 1 - Conservation of Energy, chapter 2 - Simplifying the Energy Zoo, chapter 3 - Work: The Transfer of Mechanical Energy, chapter 4 - Conservation of Momentum, chapter 5 - Conservation of Angular Momentum, Solutions to Selected Problems, and Glossary.
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Benjamin Crowell
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Brief Contents 1 2 3 4 5 A
Conservation of Energy 13 Simplifying the Energy Zoo 35 Work: The Transfer of Mechanical Energy 49 Conservation of Momentum 75 Conservation of Angular Momentum 105 Thermodynamics 139
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