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Table of Contents

Unit I Energy and Society

Chapter 1 Physics, You, and Society

• Physics is a Way of Thinking

• Physics is the Pioneer Science

• Physics in a Personal and Social Context

• Summary

Unit II Energy in the Environment

Chapter 2 Light and Sight

• The Human Eye

• Light

• The Colors of Objects

• Blue Sky, Red Sunset, and White Clouds

• Color Vision

• Summary

Chapter 3 Reflection and Mirrors

• Plane Mirrors

• Curved Mirrors

• Summary

Chapter 4 Lenses and Vision

• Refraction of Light

• Trapping Light

• Lenses

• Image Formation by Lenses

• The Camera and the Eye

• Vision Defects and the Corrective Lenses

• Aids to the Human Eye

• Summary

Chapter 5 Radiation Around Us

• A Century with Radioactivity

• Natural and Artificial Isotopes

• Changing Identities: Nuclear Transformation

• Living with Radiation

• People and Ionizing Radiation

• Radiation Applications

• Summary

Chapter 6 Reactors and Nuclear Energy

• Mass Defect and Binding Energy

• Fission

• The Power of Nuclear Reactors

• A Natural Nuclear Reactor

• Environmental Hazards from a Nuclear Reactor

• Fusion in the Stars

• Summary

Unit III Energy in the Home

Chapter 7 Electric Circuits

• House Wiring

• Simple Electric Circuit

• Electric Current

• Voltage

• Conductors or Insulators

• Current, Voltage, and Resistance: Ohm's Law

• Factors Affecting the Resistance of a Wire

• Electrical Connections

• Summary

Chapter 8 The Benefits and Dangers of Electrical Energy

• Matching Source and Load

• Power Rating of Appliances

• Heat Generated in Appliances

• Short Circuit and Overload

• Circuit Protector

• Electrical Energy Consumption

• Energy Saving

• Electric Current and the Human Body

• Electrical Hazards and Safety

• Summary

Unit IV Energy and the Economy

Chapter 9 The Magnet and Current Connection

• Oersted and the Magic of Magnetism

• From Magnets to Motors

• Painting Pictures with Magnets

• Summary

Chapter 10 Power Generation, Transmission, and Distribution

• Power Plants

• In Search of the Magnetic-Induced Current Connection

• Electromagnetic Induction

• Lenz's Law

• Faraday's Dynamo

• Electrical Energy Transmission and Distribution

• Power Losses

• Superconductivity

• Summary

Unit V Energy and Transportation

Chapter 11 Going Places

• Describing Motion

• Average Speed

• Acceleration

• Falling Body

• Graphing Motion

• Speed and Velocity

• Acceleration and Velocity

• Moving On: Rapid and Mass Transport

• Summary

Chapter 12 What Causes Motion

• Early Studies on Causes of Motion

• Net Force

• The Law of Inertia

• The Law of Acceleration

• The Law of Interaction

• Impulse and Momentum

• Conservation of Momentum

• Friction and Streamlining

• Force: The Cause of Motion

• Summary

Chapter 13 Conservation of Energy

• Energy Transfer

• Kinetic Energy

• Potential Energy

• Conservation of Mechanical Energy

• Power and Efficiency

• Heat and Work

• Thermal Energy

• Heat Engines

• Law of Conservation of Energy

• Energy Conservation Process: The Second Law of Thermodynamics

• Summary

Chapter 14 Floating and Flying

• Pressure

• Applying Fluid Pressure

• Buoyancy in Liquid

• Safety at Sea

• Buoyancy in Air

• Summary

Unit VI Energy and Information and Communication Technologies

Chapter 15 Sound in Communication

• Contributors to the Development of the Telephone

• The Nature of Sounds

• Characteristics of Sound Waves

• Properties of Sound Waves

• The Beginning of Electric Communications

• The Telephone System

• Summary

Chapter 16 Wireless Communication

• The Beginning of Wireless Communication

• Radio Communication

• Telecommunication Links

• Energy Conservation in Communication

• Summary

Chapter 17 Electronics

• Early Development in Electronics

• Semiconductors

• Discrete Electronic Components

• Integrated Circuits

• Optoelectronic Components

• Putting Electronics to Work

• Summary