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Learner Reviews & Feedback for Mechanics: Motion, Forces, Energy and Gravity, from Particles to Planets by UNSW Sydney (The University of New South Wales)

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About the Course

Most of the phenomena in the world around you are, at the fundamental level, based on physics, and much of physics is based on mechanics. Mechanics begins by quantifying motion, and then explaining it in terms of forces, energy and momentum. This allows us to analyse the operation of many familiar phenomena around us, but also the mechanics of planets, stars and galaxies. This on-demand course is recommended for senior high school and beginning university students and anyone with a curiosity about basic physics. (The survey tells us that it's often used by science teachers, too.) The course uses rich multimedia tutorials to present the material: film clips of key experiments, animations and worked example problems, all with a friendly narrator. You'll do a range of interesting practice problems, and in an optional component, you will use your ingenuity to complete at-home experiments using simple, everyday materials. You will need some high-school mathematics: arithmetic, a little algebra, quadratic equations, and the sine, cosine and tangent functions from trigonometry. The course does not use calculus. However, we do provide a study aid introducing the calculus that would accompany this course if it were taught in a university. By studying mechanics in this course, you will understand with greater depth many of the wonders around you in everyday life, in technology and in the universe at large. Meanwhile, we think you'll have some fun, too....

Top reviews

RV

Jul 20, 2016

Great course. Good explanations and examples. The quizes and tests are not very easy sometimes, but they do you let think again. Very enjoyable! Just the course I was looking for a long time!

AS

Sep 13, 2023

Outstanding and Amazing Course ! Sometimes challenging also. Beautifully created and presented by Prof. Joe Wolfe ... !!

I am in love with you Professor.. You are simply a great teacher.

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Jul 14, 2020

It was good

By Muhammad A T

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Jun 11, 2020

Best course

By LAISHRAM L C

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Dec 11, 2023

very nice

By Charles G M D C

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May 10, 2021

good job!

By MANGUBAT, M (

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Jul 20, 2020

very good

By Muhammad S

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Jun 10, 2020

Excellent

By 李美琴

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Mar 4, 2018

视频生动讲解透彻~

By Luis A N B

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Dec 14, 2020

Love it!

By Zakir V

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Aug 22, 2020

No word

By Boris L

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Sep 17, 2015

Great!

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Aug 1, 2021

NICE!

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Dec 2, 2022

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Nov 28, 2022

NICE

By Rizza A T

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Apr 13, 2021

nice

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Feb 11, 2021

nice

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Aug 2, 2020

nice

By p s

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May 17, 2020

Good

By Krishna L

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Sep 3, 2022

ok

By Гущин М О

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Dec 28, 2017

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By Saqib A

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Aug 10, 2022

Total content of the course was very good. Daily life application based questions were also quite interesting. But there were also some negative points such as lectures were not very elaborated and the answer submission system in the quizzes were very frustrating.

By BARRERA, G (

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Jul 22, 2020

The course is well-written, the teaching method is fun and entertaining. The instructor is very passionate and enthusiastic about physics.

By Mark L S C

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Nov 23, 2021

The problems were challenging but it is doable with a lot of patience and hard work. You can do it guys!

By Saubhagya S 1

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Jul 15, 2020

Great Challenging Course It will enhance your knowledge in many aspects not only in Newtonian mechanics.

By Carlos L

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Jul 29, 2024

excelente curso ,gracias por los conocimientos adquiridos en este curso que se trata sobre gravedad

By Tytan H S

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May 14, 2021

I got confused with significant figures and the answers but overall, this course is really good.