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Science > Physics > Classical Mechanics

	Amusement Park Physics How do physics laws affect amusement park ride design? Design your own roller coaster and experiment with bumper car collisions. http://www.learner.org/exhibits/parkphysics/
	An introduction to physics - Mechanics An introduction to classical mechanics. Suitable for students who are beginning the subject. http://www.mcasco.com/p1intro.html
	Block and Tackle Colorful illustrated tutorial shows how a block and tackle (as well as levers and gears) works. http://www.howstuffworks.com/pulley.htm
	Central Forces with Java A JAVA applet to simulate orbits in four different central forces: gravity, Yukawa, 1/R^4 and Black Holes http://www.astro.queensu.ca/~musgrave/cforce/
	Chaotic Systems A brief overview of chaos theory and applications in classical mechanics. http://dept.physics.upenn.edu/courses/gladney/mathphys/subsection3_2_5.html
	Classical Mechanics on About.com Articles with practical advice and solutions for lots of topical problems. http://physics.about.com/cs/mechanics/
	Classical Mechanics on Wikipedia Free online encyclopedia with description of the theory and history of classical mechanics. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Classical_mechanics
	Derivation of basic gyroscope formula Web page contains intuitive and clear, simple and intuitive derivation of Gyroscope EffectÔÇÖs formula. http://www.andrijar.com/gyroscope/gyroscope.htm
	Freshman Problems in Mechanics Links to various problem sets relating to 1 and 2 dimensional kinematics. Easy mechanics problems and solutions. http://zebu.uoregon.edu/~dmason/probs/mech.html