Physics : The First Science

Contents......Page 6
Preface......Page 10
Additional Notes, Primarilyfor the Instructor......Page 12
Acknowledgments......Page 16
CHAPTER 1 - Atoms to Stars: Scales of Size, Energy, and Force......Page 18
CHAPTER 2 - Some Tools of the Trade: Numbers, Quantities, and Units......Page 33
CHAPTER 3 - There Is No Rest: Describing Motion......Page 50
CHAPTER 4 - Forces and Motion: Newton’s Framework......Page 74
CHAPTER 5 - Laws and Their Limits: The Organization of Scientific Knowledge......Page 107
CHAPTER 6 - Energy and Its Conservation......Page 120
CHAPTER 7 - Materials and Models......Page 152
CHAPTER 8 - Electricity: It Is Everywhere......Page 175
CHAPTER 9 - More on Electricity: From Force to Energy, from Field to Potential......Page 193
CHAPTER 10 - Magnetism: Electricity’s Traveling Companion......Page 215
CHAPTER 11 - Waves: Mechanical and Electromagnetic......Page 240
CHAPTER 12 - Quantum Physics......Page 277
CHAPTER 13 - The Nucleus: Heart of the Atom......Page 310
CHAPTER 14 - Energy in Civilization......Page 339
CHAPTER 15 - Atomic Physics Pays Off: Solar Cells, Transistors, and the Silicon Age......Page 356
CHAPTER 16 - There Is No End......Page 366
Bibliography......Page 368
Some Constants, Astronomical Quantities, and Masses......Page 370
Index......Page 372
About the Author......Page 384