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Title: Physics Notes - Herong's Tutorial Notes

Author: Herong Yang - Contact by email via herong_yang@yahoo.com.

Category: Science / Physics / General

Version/Edition: v4.01, 2026

Number of pages in PDF format: 240

Description: This book is a collection of notes on physics. Key sections are: What Is Space, Time and Speed; Frame of Reference; Coordinate Systems; Newton's Laws of Motion; Electromagnetic Fields and Light; Special Theory of Relativity; Time Dilation; Length Contraction; Minkowski spacetime; Lorentz transformation; Minkowski diagram; Hamiltonian and Lagrangian Mechanics; Generalized Coordinates; Phase Space and Phase Portrait; Poisson Bracket Expression. Updated in 2026 (Version v4.01) with minor changes.

Keywords: Hamiltonian, Lagrangian, Minkowski, Newton, Physics, Relativity, Space, Speed, Time.

Copyright:

This book is under Copyright © 2000-2026 Herong Yang. All rights reserved.
Material in this book may not be published, broadcasted, rewritten or redistributed in any form.
Code examples are provided as-is, with no warranty of any kind.

Revision history:

Version v4.01, 2026. Minor updates.
Version v4.00, 2026. Added electromagnetic fields and light.
Version v3.20, 2014. Updated Minkowski spacetime and diagram.
Version v3.00, 2010. Added special relativity.
Version v2.00, 2005. Added Spacetime.
Version v1.00, 2000. Started with space and time.

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