Description
Book SynopsisRoger A. Freedman is a Lecturer in Physics at the University of California, Santa Barbara. He was an undergraduate at the University of California campuses in San Diego and Los Angeles, and he did his doctoral research in nuclear theory at Stanford University under the direction of Professor J. Dirk Walecka. Dr Freedman came to UCSB in 1981 after three years of teaching and research at the University of Washington.
At UCSB, Dr Freedman has taught in both the Department of Physics and the College of Creative Studies a branch of the university intended for highly gifted and motivated undergraduates. He has published research in nuclear physics, elementary particle physics, and laser physics. In recent years, he has done extensive work on making physics lectures a more interactive experience by using classroom response systems and pre-lecture videos.
In the 1970s Dr. Freedman worked as a comic book letterer and helped organise the San Diego Comic-Con (no
Table of Contents
- Volume 1 contains Chapters 1–20
- Volume 2 contains Chapters 21–37
- Volume 3 contains Chapters 37–44
CHAPTER 1: MECHANICS
- Units, Physical Quantities, and Vectors
- Motion Along a Straight Line
- Motion in Two or Three Dimensions
- Newton's Laws of Motion
- Applying Newton's Laws
- Work and Kinetic Energy
- Potential Energy and Energy Conservation
- Momentum, Impulse, and Collisions
- Rotation of Rigid Bodies
- Dynamics of Rotational Motion
- Equilibrium and Elasticity
- Fluid Mechanics
- Gravitation
- Periodic Motion
WAVES/ACOUSTICS
- Mechanical Waves
- Sound and Hearing
THERMODYNAMICS
- Temperature and Heat
- Thermal Properties of Matter
- The First Law of Thermodynamics
- The Second Law of Thermodynamics
ELECTROMAGNETISM
- Electric Charge and Electric Field
- Gauss's Law
- Electric Potential
- Capacitance and Dielectrics
- Current, Resistance, and Electromotive Force
- Direct-Current Circuits
- Magnetic Field and Magnetic Forces
- Sources of Magnetic Field
- Electromagnetic Induction
- Inductance
- Alternating Current
- Electromagnetic Waves
OPTICS
- The Nature and Propagation of Light
- Geometric Optics
- Interference
- Diffraction
MODERN PHYSICS
- Relativity
- Photons: Light Waves Behaving as Particles
- Particles Behaving as Waves
- Quantum Mechanics I: Wave Functions
- Quantum Mechanics II: Atomic Structure
- Molecules and Condensed Matter
- Nuclear Physics
- Particle Physics and Cosmology
