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1

Preface

  • 1.1 About Physics
2

What is Physics?

  • Physics: Definitions and Applications
  • The Scientific Methods
  • The Language of Physics: Physical Quantities and Units
  • Summary
  • Key Equations
3

Motion in One Dimension

  • Relative Motion, Distance, and Displacement
  • Speed and Velocity
  • Position vs. Time Graphs
  • Velocity vs. Time Graphs
  • Summary
  • Key Equations
4

Acceleration

  • Acceleration
  • Representing Acceleration with Equations and Graphs
  • Summary
  • Key Equations
5

Forces and Newton’s Laws of Motion

  • Force
  • Newton's First Law of Motion: Inertia
  • Newton's Second Law of Motion
  • Newton's Third Law of Motion
  • Summary
  • Key Equations
6

Motion in Two Dimensions

  • Vector Addition and Subtraction: Graphical Methods
  • Vector Addition and Subtraction: Analytical Methods
  • Projectile Motion
  • Inclined Planes
  • Simple Harmonic Motion
  • Summary
  • Key Equations
7

Circular and Rotational Motion

  • Angle of Rotation and Angular Velocity
  • Uniform Circular Motion
  • Rotational Motion
  • Summary
  • Key Equations
8

Newton's Law of Gravitation

  • Kepler's Laws of Planetary Motion
  • Newton's Law of Universal Gravitation and Einstein's Theory of General Relativity
  • Summary
  • Key Equations
9

Momentum

  • Linear Momentum, Force, and Impulse
  • Conservation of Momentum
  • Elastic and Inelastic Collisions
  • Summary
  • Key Equations
10

Work, Energy, and Simple Machines

  • Work, Power, and the Work–Energy Theorem
  • Mechanical Energy and Conservation of Energy
  • Simple Machines
  • Summary
  • Key Equations
11

Special Relativity

  • Postulates of Special Relativity
  • Consequences of Special Relativity
  • Summary
  • Key Equations
12

Thermal Energy, Heat, and Work

  • Temperature and Thermal Energy
  • Heat, Specific Heat, and Heat Transfer
  • Phase Change and Latent Heat
  • Summary
  • Key Equations
13

Thermodynamics

  • Zeroth Law of Thermodynamics: Thermal Equilibrium
  • First law of Thermodynamics: Thermal Energy and Work
  • Second Law of Thermodynamics: Entropy
  • Applications of Thermodynamics: Heat Engines, Heat Pumps, and Refrigerators
  • Summary
  • Key Equations
14

Waves and Their Properties

  • Types of Waves
  • Wave Properties: Speed, Amplitude, Frequency, and Period
  • Wave Interaction: Superposition and Interference
  • Summary
  • Key Equations
15

Sound

  • Speed of Sound, Frequency, and Wavelength
  • Sound Intensity and Sound Level
  • Doppler Effect and Sonic Booms
  • Sound Interference and Resonance
  • Summary
  • Key Equations
16

Light

  • The Electromagnetic Spectrum
  • The Behavior of Electromagnetic Radiation
  • Summary
  • Key Equations
17

Mirrors and Lenses

  • Reflection
  • Refraction
  • Lenses
  • Summary
  • Key Equations
18

Diffraction and Interference

  • Understanding Diffraction and Interference
  • Applications of Diffraction, Interference, and Coherence
  • Summary
  • Key Equations
19

Static Electricity

  • Electrical Charges, Conservation of Charge, and Transfer of Charge
  • Coulomb's law
  • Electric Field
  • Electric Potential
  • Capacitors and Dielectrics
  • Summary
  • Key Equations
20

Electrical Circuits

  • Ohm's law
  • Series Circuits
  • Parallel Circuits
  • Electric Power
  • Summary
  • Key Equations
21

Magnetism

  • Magnetic Fields, Field Lines, and Force
  • Motors, Generators, and Transformers
  • Electromagnetic Induction
  • Summary
  • Key Equations
22

The Quantum Nature of Light

  • Planck and Quantum Nature of Light
  • Einstein and the Photoelectric Effect
  • The Dual Nature of Light
  • Summary
  • Key Equations
23

The Atom

  • The Structure of the Atom
  • Nuclear Forces and Radioactivity
  • Half Life and Radiometric Dating
  • Nuclear Fission and Fusion
  • Medical Applications of Radioactivity: Diagnostic Imaging and Radiation
  • Summary
  • Key Equations
24

Particle Physics

  • The Four Fundamental Forces
  • Quarks
  • The Unification of Forces
  • Summary

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