Concepts of Physics (Part 1)

Front Cover......Page 1
Back Cover......Page 2
Title Page......Page 3
Copyright......Page 4
FOREWORD......Page 7
PREFACE......Page 9
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS......Page 10
TO THE STUDENTS......Page 11
Table of Contents......Page 13
CHAPTER 1
INTRODUCTION TO PHYSICS......Page 17
CHAPTER 2
PHYSICS AND MATHEMATICS......Page 28
CHAPTER 3  REST AND MOTION: KINEMATICS......Page 47
CHAPTER 4
THE FORCES......Page 72
CHAPTER 5
NEWTON'S LAWS OF MOTION......Page 80
CHAPTER 6
FRICTION......Page 101
CHAPTER 7
CIRCULAR MOTION......Page 117
CHAPTER 8
WORK AND ENERGY......Page 134
CHAPTER 9
CENTRE OF MASS, LINEAR
MOMENTUM, COLLISION......Page 155
CHAPTER 10
ROTATIONAL MECHANICS......Page 182
CHAPTER 11
GRAVITATION......Page 219
CHAPTER 12
SIMPLE HARMONIC MOTION......Page 245
CHAPTER 13
FLUID MECHANICS......Page 274
CHAPTER 14  SOME MECHANICAL PROPERTIES OF MATTER......Page 293
CHAPTER 15
WAVE MOTION AND WAVES
ON A STRING......Page 319
CHAPTER 16
SOUND WAVES......Page 345
CHAPTER 17
LIGHT WAVES......Page 376
CHAPTER 18
GEOMETRICAL OPTICS......Page 401
CHAPTER 19
OPTICAL INSTRUMENTS......Page 435
CHAPTER 20
DISPERSION AND SPECTRA......Page 450
CHAFFER 21
SPEED OF LIGHT......Page 460
CHAPTER 22
PHOTOMETRY......Page 465
APPENDIX A
Units and Dimensions of Physical Quantities......Page 473
APPENDIX B
Universal Constants (as revised in 1986)......Page 474
INDEX......Page 475