Description:
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Contents:
Part 1 Mechanics
1 Introduction
2 Force
3 Acceleration and Newton's Second Law of Motion
4 Motion with a Changing Velocity
5 Circular Motion
6 Conservation of Energy
7 Linear Momentum
8 Torque and Angular Momentum
9 Fluids
10 Elasticity and Oscillations
11 Waves
12 Sound
Part 2 Thermal Physics
13 Temperature and the Ideal Gas
14 Heat
15 Thermodynamics
Part 3 Electromagnetism
16 Electric Forces and Fields
17 Electric Potential
18 Electric Current and Circuits
19 Magnetic Forces and Fields
20 Electromagnetic Induction
21 Alternating Current
Part 4 Electromagnetic Waves and Optics
22 Electromagnetic Waves
23 Reflection and Refraction
24 Optical Instruments
25 Interference and Diffraction
Part 5 Quantum and Particle Physics and Relativity
26 Relativity 27 Early Quantum Physics and the Photon
28 Quantum Physics
29 Nuclear Physics
30 Particle Physics
Appendix A Mathematical Review
Appendix B Table of Selected Nuclides