Preface
1.AWorld View
First Grade
On Building a World View
Bode's Law
Measurements
Sizes: Large and Small
Summary
Key Terms
Conceptual Questions
Exercises
2.Describing Motion
Average Speed
Images of Speed
Instantaneous Speed
Speed with Direction
Acceleration
A First Look at Falling Objects
Free Fall: Making a Rule of Nature
Starting with an Initial Veloaty
A Subtle Point
Summary
Key Terms
ConceptuaI Questions
Exercises
3.Explaining Motion
An Early Explanation
The Beginnings of Our Modern Explanation
Newton's First Law
Adding Vectors
Newton's Second Law
Mass and Weight
Weight
Free-Body Diagrams
Free Fall Revisited
Galileo versus Aristotle
Friction
Newton's Third Law
Summary
Key Terms
Conceptual Questions
Exercises
4.Motions in Space
Cifcular Motion
Acceleration Revisited
Acceleration in Circular Motion
Projectile Motion
Launching an Apple into Orbit
Rotational Motion
Summary
Key Terms
Conceptuat Questions
Exercises
5.Gravity
The Concept of Gravity
Newton's Gravity
The Law of Universal Gravitation
The Value of G
Gravity Near Earth's Surface
Satellites
Tides
How Far Does Gravity Reach?
The Field Concept
Summary
Kty Terms
Conceptual Questions
Exercises
The Big Picture:The Discovery of Invariants
6.Momentum
Linear Momentum
Changing an Object's Momentum
Conservation of Linear Momentum
Collisions
Investigating Accidents
Airplanes, Balloons, and Rockets
Summary
Key Terms
Conceptual Questions
Exercises
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7.Energy
8.Rotation
9.ClassicaI Relativity
10.Einstein's Relativity
11.Structure of Matter
12.States of Matter
13.ThermaI Enery
14. Available Energy
15.Vibrations and Waves
16.Sound and Music
17.Light
18.Refraction of Light
19.A Model for Light
20.Electricity
21.Electric Current
22.Electromagnetism
23.The Early Atom
24.The Modern Atom
25.The Nucleus
26.Nuclear Energy
27.Elementary Particles
28.Frontiers