Description
Book SynopsisTable of ContentsVolume 1 contains Chapters 1—19
Volume 2 contains Chapters 20—39
1 Doing Physics
1.1 Realms of Physics
1.2 Measurements and Units
1.3 Working with Numbers
1.4 Strategies for Learning Physics
Part One
Mechanics
2 Motion in a Straight Line
2.1 Average Motion
2.2 Instantaneous Velocity
2.3 Acceleration
2.4 Constant Acceleration
2.5 The Acceleration of Gravity
2.6 When Acceleration Isn’t Constant
Chapter 3 Motion in Two and Three Dimensions
3.1 Vectors
3.2 Velocity and Acceleration Vectors
3.3 Relative Motion
3.4 Constant Acceleration
3.5 Projectile Motion
3.6 Uniform Circular Motion
4 Force and Motion
4.1 The Wrong Question
4.2 Newton’s First and Second Laws
4.3 Forces
4.4 The Force of Gravity
4.5 Using Newton’s Second Law
4.6 Newton’s Third Law
5 Using Newton’s Laws
5.1 Using Newton’s Second Law
5.2 Multiple Objects
5.3 Circular Motion
5.4 Friction
5.5 Drag Forces
6 Energy, Work, and Power
6.1 Energy
6.2 Work
6.3 Forces That Vary
6.4 Kinetic Energy
6.5 Power
7 Conservation of Energy
7.1 Conservative and Nonconservative Forces
7.2 Potential Energy
7.3 Conservation of Mechanical Energy
7.4 Nonconservative Forces
7.5 Conservation of Energy
7.6 Potential-Energy Curves
8 Gravity
8.1 Toward a Law of Gravity
8.2 Universal Gravitation
8.3 Orbital Motion
8.4 Gravitational Energy
8.5 The Gravitational Field
9 Systems of Particles
9.1 Center of Mass
9.2 Momentum
9.3 Kinetic Energy of a System
9.4 Collisions
9.5 Totally Inelastic Collisions
9.6 Elastic Collisions
10 Rotational Motion
10.1 Angular Velocity and Acceleration
10.2 Torque
10.3 Rotational Inertia and the Analog of Newton’s Law
10.4 Rotational Energy
10.5 Rolling Motion
11 Rotational Vectors and Angular Momentum
11.1 Angular Velocity and Acceleration Vectors
11.2 Torque and the Vector Cross Product
11.3 Angular Momentum
11.4 Conservation of Angular Mom
