Table of Contents
Introduction 6
1 Forces 8
What Is a Force? 9
Contact Forces 10
Noncontact Forces 14
Newton's Laws 22
Recap 24
2 Linear Motion 26
Particle Position 27
Particle Motion 28
Motion Graphs 30
Constant Acceleration 34
Recap 36
3 Rotational Motion 38
Examples of Rotational Motion 39
Circular Motion 40
Orbital Motion 42
Rotational Kinematics and Dynamics 45
Recap 48
4 Conservation Laws 50
Types of Conservation Laws 51
Closed Systems 52
Collisions 54
Recap 60
5 Electricity 62
Electric Charge and Charge Transfer 63
Current, Voltage, and Resistance 64
Electrical Circuits 68
Recap 74
6 Fields and Forces 76
Fields and Their Effects 77
Gravitational Fields 78
Magnetic and Electric Fields 80
Recap 84
7 Electromagnetism 86
Faraday's Law of Induction 87
Electromagnetic Induction 88
Energy Loss and Energy Transfer 90
Electromagnetic Radiation and Spectrum 92
The Electromagnetic Spectrum 94
Recap 96
8 Waves 98
Amplitude, Frequency, and Period 99
Simple Harmonic Oscillations 100
Traveling Waves 104
Wave Properties 106
Interference and Standing Waves 109
Doppler Shift 111
Recap 112
9 Optics 114
The Laws of Reflection 115
Refraction, Snell's Law, and Total Internal Reflection 116
The Science of Optics 118
The Behavior of Light 120
Interference and Interferometry 123
Recap 126
10 Thermodynamics 128
Temperature 129
Thermal Energy Transfer 130
Laws of Thermodynamics 134
Recap 140
11 Fluids 142
Density and Pressure 143
Pressure Difference, Lift, and Buoyancy 144
Fluid Flow and Bernoulli's Principle 146
Recap 148
12 Modern Physics 150
Special Relativity 151
General Relativity 152
Nuclear Physics 154
Nuclear Reactions 156
Quantum Physics 158
The Standard Model 160
Semiconductors 162
Recap 164
13 Astrophysics 166
Stellar Evolution 167
The Hertzsprung-Russell Diagram 170
The Dynamics of Galaxies 172
Redshift and Recession Velocity 174
Hubble's Constant 176
The Beginning of the Universe 178
The End of the Universe 180
Gravitational Lensing and Gravitational Waves 182
Black Holes 184
Recap 186
Index 188
Acknowledgments 192
