Fundamentals of Physics
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Chapters
[edit | edit source]- Physics and Measurement
- Motion in One Dimension
- Vectors
- Motion in Two Dimensions
- Forces and Motion - I
- Forces and Motion - II
- Work and Kinetic Energy
- Potential Energy and Conservation of Energy
- Linear Momentum and Collisions
- Rotation of a Rigid Object About a Fixed Axis
- Rolling Motion and Angular Momentum
- Static Equilibrium and Elasticity
- Oscillatory Motion
- The Law of Gravity
- Fluid Mechanics
- Wave Motion
- Sound Waves
- Superposition and Standing Waves
- Temperature
- Heat and the First Law of Thermodynamics
- The Kinetic Theory of Gases
- Heat Engines, Entropy, and the Second Law of Thermodynamics
- Electric Fields
- Gauss's Law
- Electric Potential
- Capacitance and Dielectrics
- Current and Resistance
- Direct Current Circuits
- Magnetic Fields
- Sources of the Magnetic Field
- Faraday's Law
- Inductance
- Alternating-Current Circuits
- Electromagnetic Waves
- The Nature of Light and the Laws of Geometric Optics
- Geometric Optics
- Interference of Light Waves
- Diffraction and Polarization
- Relativity
- All About Atoms
- Conduction of Electricity in Solids
- Nuclear Physics
- Energy from the Nucleus
- Quarks, Leptons, and the Big Bang