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Book SynopsisTable of ContentsIntroduction 1
Part 1: Putting Physics into Motion 5
Chapter 1: Using Physics to Understand Your World 7
Chapter 2: Reviewing Physics Measurement and Math Fundamentals 15
Chapter 3: Exploring the Need for Speed 29
Chapter 4: Following Directions: Motion in Two Dimensions 53
Part 2: May the Forces of Physics Be with You 79
Chapter 5: When Push Comes to Shove: Force 81
Chapter 6: Getting Down with Gravity, Inclined Planes, and Friction 101
Chapter 7: Circling Around Rotational Motion and Orbits 119
Chapter 8: Go with the Flow: Looking at Pressure in Fluids 141
Part 3: Manifesting the Energy to Work 165
Chapter 9: Getting Some Work Out of Physics 167
Chapter 10: Putting Objects in Motion: Momentum and Impulse 191
Chapter 11: Winding Up with Angular Kinetics 211
Chapter 12: Round and Round with Rotational Dynamics 237
Chapter 13: Springs ’n’ Things: Simple Harmonic Motion 255
Part 4: Laying Down the Laws of Thermodynamics 273
Chapter 14: Turning Up the Heat with Thermodynamics 275
Chapter 15: Here, Take My Coat: How Heat Is Transferred 291
Chapter 16: In the Best of All Possible Worlds: The Ideal Gas Law 307
Chapter 17: Heat and Work: The Laws of Thermodynamics 319
Part 5: The Part of Tens 349
Chapter 18: Ten Physics Heroes 351
Chapter 19: Ten Wild Physics Theories 357
Glossary 365
Index 369
ntroduction 1
Part 1: Putting Physics into Motion 5
Chapter 1: Using Physics to Understand Your World 7
Chapter 2: Reviewing Physics Measurement and Math Fundamentals 15
Chapter 3: Exploring the Need for Speed 29
Chapter 4: Following Directions: Motion in Two Dimensions 53
Part 2: May the Forces of Physics Be with You 79
Chapter 5: When Push Comes to Shove: Force 81
Chapter 6: Getting Down with Gravity, Inclined Planes, and Friction 101
Chapter 7: Circling Around Rotational Motion and Orbits 119
Chapter 8: Go with the Flow: Looking at Pressure in Fluids 141
Part 3: Manifesting the Energy to Work 165
Chapter 9: Getting Some Work Out of Physics 167
Chapter 10: Putting Objects in Motion: Momentum and Impulse 191
Chapter 11: Winding Up with Angular Kinetics 211
Chapter 12: Round and Round with Rotational Dynamics 237
Chapter 13: Springs ’n’ Things: Simple Harmonic Motion 255
Part 4: Laying Down the Laws of Thermodynamics 273
Chapter 14: Turning Up the Heat with Thermodynamics 275
Chapter 15: Here, Take My Coat: How Heat Is Transferred 291
Chapter 16: In the Best of All Possible Worlds: The Ideal Gas Law 307
Chapter 17: Heat and Work: The Laws of Thermodynamics 319
Part 5: The Part of Tens 349
Chapter 18: Ten Physics Heroes 351
Chapter 19: Ten Wild Physics Theories 357
Glossary 365
Index 369
