Re: [Phys-l] pseudo-force

[Karim Diff <karim.diff@sfcc.edu>]

I found some discussion of pseudoforces/Non-inertial frames of reference 
in 2 books in my collection:

1. Tipler  "Physics for scientists and engineers" 4th ed. has a couple 
of pages on the subject. Just a qualitative discussion of what a 
pseudoforce is and he refers to the Coriolis effect.

2. Benson " University Physics"  spends 4.5 pages on the subject with 
detailed numerical examples. He goes in detail through the pendulum in 
an accelerating car, the centrifugal force for a ball at the end of a 
string, the Coriolis force. He ends with quick references to the 
Foucault Pendulum, real projectiles and the weather (with a picture of 
Jupiter's red spot).

Karim Diff

Rauber, Joel wrote:
> John,
>
> >From your examples, see below, I assume you mean, are there any
> introductory textbooks that discuss the issue?
>
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> Joel Rauber 
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> | * Question:  Are there any textbooks that have anything to 
> | contribute to this discussion?  Feynman I-12-5 is (by Feynman 
> | standards anyway) rather weak, but it's all I remember seeing 
> | on the subject, without having attempted a systematic review 
> | of the literature.  AFAICT Halliday & Resnick avoid the 
> | subject (and the term) entirely, as do Sears, Zemansky, & Young.
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