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Topic |
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| 1 |
Newton's laws of motion |
14,667 |
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| 2 |
Physics |
12,761 |
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| 3 |
Energy |
12,614 |
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| 4 |
Density |
11,660 |
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| 5 |
Gravitation |
11,471 |
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| 6 |
Torque |
8,667 |
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| 7 |
Friction |
7,786 |
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| 8 |
Kinetic energy |
7,369 |
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| 9 |
Magnetic field |
6,555 |
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| 10 |
Momentum |
6,390 |
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| 11 |
Ohm's law |
5,814 |
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| 12 |
Potential energy |
5,291 |
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| 13 |
Atomic orbital |
5,136 |
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| 14 |
Moment of inertia |
5,081 |
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| 15 |
Work (physics) |
5,000 |
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| 16 |
Inertia |
4,561 |
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| 17 |
Buoyancy |
4,371 |
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| 18 |
Electric field |
3,966 |
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| 19 |
Coulomb's law |
3,760 |
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| 20 |
Speed |
3,751 |
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| 21 |
Relative density |
3,634 |
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| 22 |
Electric charge |
3,598 |
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| 23 |
Euclidean vector |
2,976 |
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| 24 |
Tensor |
2,534 |
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| 25 |
Faraday's law of induction |
2,456 |
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| 26 |
Free fall |
2,411 |
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| 27 |
List of moments of inertia |
1,998 |
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| 28 |
Gauss's law |
1,630 |
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| 29 |
Snell's law |
1,617 |
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| 30 |
Introduction to quantum mechanics |
1,456 |
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| 31 |
Lorentz force |
1,311 |
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| 32 |
Normal force |
1,160 |
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| 33 |
Standard gravity |
1,156 |
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| 34 |
Inertial frame of reference |
1,104 |
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| 35 |
Mechanical advantage |
1,062 |
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| 36 |
Ampère's circuital law |
1,004 |
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| 37 |
Elastic collision |
973 |
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| 38 |
Collision |
869 |
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| 39 |
The Feynman Lectures on Physics |
791 |
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| 40 |
Rolling resistance |
791 |
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| 41 |
Charge density |
738 |
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| 42 |
Physical quantity |
706 |
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| 43 |
Biot–Savart law |
703 |
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| 44 |
Volume (thermodynamics) |
676 |
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| 45 |
Scalar (physics) |
661 |
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| 46 |
Free body diagram |
659 |
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| 47 |
Inelastic collision |
581 |
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| 48 |
Fictitious force |
565 |
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| 49 |
Parallel axis theorem |
550 |
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| 50 |
Rigid body |
506 |
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| 51 |
N-dimensional space |
439 |
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| 52 |
Contact force |
371 |
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| 53 |
Rotational energy |
368 |
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| 54 |
Energy conversion efficiency |
345 |
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| 55 |
Gravitational potential |
336 |
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| 56 |
Couple (mechanics) |
324 |
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| 57 |
Potential well |
314 |
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| 58 |
Tractive force |
302 |
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| 59 |
Apparent weight |
302 |
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| 60 |
Gauss's law for magnetism |
299 |
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| 61 |
Vibrating string |
291 |
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| 62 |
Outline of physics |
290 |
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| 63 |
Motion graphs and derivatives |
268 |
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| 64 |
Rotating reference frame |
263 |
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| 65 |
Method of image charges |
245 |
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| 66 |
Point particle |
241 |
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| 67 |
Non-inertial reference frame |
209 |
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| 68 |
Gauss' law for gravity |
191 |
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| 69 |
Mesoscopic physics |
163 |
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| 70 |
Proper acceleration |
159 |
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| 71 |
Collision course |
138 |
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| 72 |
Euler's laws of motion |
121 |
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| 73 |
Ampère's force law |
108 |
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| 74 |
Elementary physics formulae |
75 |
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| 75 |
Uniqueness theorem |
73 |
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| 76 |
Fundamentals of Physics |
70 |
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| 77 |
Theory of impetus |
69 |
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| 78 |
Vector decomposition |
62 |
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| 79 |
Free body |
61 |
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| 80 |
Proper velocity |
55 |
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| 81 |
The Monkey and the Hunter |
54 |
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| 82 |
Berkeley Physics Course |
47 |
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| 83 |
Newtonian dynamics |
37 |
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| 84 |
Charge carrier density |
36 |
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| 85 |
Pendulum rocket fallacy |
25 |
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| 86 |
Coulomb damping |
25 |
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| 87 |
Quantity calculus |
21 |
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| 88 |
Harvard Project Physics |
19 |
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| 89 |
Moments of inertia |
18 |
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| 90 |
Energy current |
18 |
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| 91 |
CGh physics |
15 |
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| 92 |
Brake force |
14 |
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| 93 |
Strength constant |
less than 5 views |
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| 94 |
Centroids |
less than 5 views |
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| 95 |
Area moments of inertia |
less than 5 views |
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