Includes bibliographical references and index.

1. Contents in brief<p>
2. Contents in detail 00
3. Conceptual physics photo album 00
4. To the student 00
5. To the instructor 00
6. Acknowledgments 00
7. 1<p> about science 00
8. P a r t o n e<p>
9. Mechanics 00<p>
10. Light 00<p>
11. 2<p> newton's first law of motion-inertia 00
12. 3<p> linear motion 00
13. 4<p> newton's second law of motion 00
14. 5<p> newton's third law of motion 00
15. 6<p> momentum 00
16. 7<p> energy 00
17. 8<p> rotational motion 00
18. 9<p> gravity 00
19. 10<p> projectile and satellite motion 00
20. P a r t t w o<p>
21. 11<p> the atomic nature of matter 00
22. 12<p> solids 00
23. 13<p> liquids 00
24. 14<p> gases and plasmas 00
25. P a r t t h r e e<p>
26. Heat 00<p>
27. 15<p> temperature, heat, and expansion 00
28. 16<p> heat transfer 00
29. 17<p> change of phase 00
30. 18<p> thermodynamics 00
31. P a r t f o u r<p>
32. Sound 00<p>
33. 19<p> vibrations and waves 00
34. 20<p> sound 00
35. 21<p> musical sounds 00
36. P a r t f i v e<p>
37. Electricity and magnetism 00<p>
38. 22<p> electrostatics 00
39. 23<p> electric current 00
40. 24<p> magnetism 00
41. 25<p> electromagnetic induction 00
42. P a r t s i x<p>
43. 26<p> properties of light 00
44. 27<p> color 00
45. 28<p> reßection and refraction 00
46. 29<p> light waves 00
47. 30<p> light emission 00
48. 31<p> light quanta 00
49. P a r t s e v e n<p>
50. Atomic and nuclear physics 00<p>
51. Properties of matter 00<p>
52. 32<p> the atom and the quantum 00
53. 33<p> the atomic nucleus and radioactivity 00
54. 34<p> nuclear fission and fusion 00
55. P a r t e i g h t<p>
56. Relativity 00<p>
57. 35<p> special theory of relativity 00
58. 36<p> general theory of relativity 00
59. Epilogue 00
60. Appendix a<p> systems of measurement 00
61. Appendix b<p> more about motion 00
62. Appendix c<p> graphing 00
63. Appendix d<p> more about vectors 00
64. Appendix e<p> exponential growth and doubling time 00
65. Glossary 00
66. Photo credits 00
67. Index 00
68. Contents in detail<p>
69. Conceptual physics photo album 00<p>
70. To the student 00<p>
71. To the instructor 00<p>
72. Acknowledgments 00<p>
73. 1 about science 00<p>
74. Scientiûc measurements 00
75. Size of the earth 00
76. Size of the moon 00
77. Distance to the moon 00
78. Distance to the sun 00
79. Size of the sun 00
80. Mathematics-the language of science 00
81. Scientiûc methods 00
82. The scientiûc attitude 00
83. Pseudoscience [box] 00
84. Science, art, and religion 00
85. Science and technology 00
86. Risk assessment [box] 00
87. Physics-the basic science 00
88. In perspective 00
89. P a r t o n e<p>
90. Mechanics 00<p>
91. 2 newton's first law of motion-inertia 00<p>
92. Aristotle on motion 00
93. Copernicus and the moving earth 00
94. Galileo and the leaning tower 00
95. Galileo's inclined planes 00
96. Newton's first law of motion 00
97. Net force 00
98. The equilibrium rule 00
99. Support force 00
100. Equilibrium of moving things 00
101. The moving earth 00
102. 3 linear motion 00<p>
103. Motion is relative 00
104. Speed 00
105. Instantaneous speed 00
106. Average speed 00
107. Velocity 00
108. Acceleration 00
109. Acceleration on galileo's inclined planes 00
110. Free fall 00
111. How fast 00
112. How far 00
113. How quicky "how fast" changes 00
114. Hang time [box] 00
115. 4 newton's second law of motion 00<p>
116. Force causes acceleration 00
117. Friction 00
118. Mass and weight 00
119. Mass resists acceleration 00
120. Newton's second law of motion 00
121. When acceleration is g-free fall 00
122. When acceleration is less than g-nonfree fall 00
123. 5 newton's third law of motion 00
124. Forces and interactions 00
125. Newton's third law of motion 00
126. Deûning your system 00
127. Action and reaction on different masses 00
128. Summary of newton's three laws 00
129. Vectors 00
130. Force vectors 00
131. Velocity vectors 00
132. Components of vectors 00
133. 6 momentum 00<p>
134. Momentum 00
135. Impulse 00
136. Impulse and momentum 00
137. Case 1: increasing momentum 00
138. Case 2: decreasing momentum over a long time 00
139. Case 3: decreasing momentum over a short time 00
140. Bouncing 00
141. Conservation of momentum 00
142. Collisions 00
143. More complicated collisions 00
144. 7 energy 00<p>
145. Work 00
146. Power 00
147. Mechanical energy 00
148. Potential energy 00
149. Kinetic energy 00
150. Work-energy theorem 00
151. Conservation of energy 00
152. Machines 00
153. Efûciency 00
154. Comparison of kinetic energy and momentum 00
155. Energy for life 00
156. Sources of energy 00
157. 8 rotational motion 00
158. Circular motion 00
159. Rr wheels [box] 00
160. Rotational inertia 00
161. Torque 00
162. Center of mass and center of gravity 00
163. Locating the center of gravity 00
164. Stability 00
165. Centripetal force 00
166. Centrifugal force 00
167. Centrifugal force in a rotating reference frame 00
168. Simulated gravity 00
169. Angular momentum 00
170. Conservation of angular momentum 00
171. 9 gravity 00<p>
172. The universal law of gravity 00
173. The universal gravitational constant, g 00
174. Gravity and distance: the inverse-square law 00
175. Weight and weightlessness 00
176. Ocean tides 00
177. Tides in the earth and atmosphere 00
178. Gravitational fields 00
179. The gravitational field inside a planet 00
180. Einstein's theory of gravitation 00
181. Black holes 00
182. Universal gravitation 00
183. 10 satellite motion 161<p>
184. Projectile motion 00
185. Projectiles launched horizontally 00
186. Projectiles launched at an angle 00
187. Fast-moving projectiles-satellites 00
188. Circular satellite orbits 00
189. Elliptical orbits 00
190. Kepler's laws of planetary motion 00
191. Energy conservation and satellite motion 00
192. Escape speed 00
193. P a r t t w o<p>
194. Properties of matter 00<p>
195. 11 atomic nature of matter 00<p>
196. The atomic hypothesis 00
197. Atom characteristics 00
198. Atomic imagery 00
199. Atomic structure 00
200. The elements 00
201. The periodic table of elements 00
202. Isotopes 00
203. Compounds, and mixtures 00
204. Molecules 00
205. Antimatter 00
206. Dark matter 00
207. 12 solids 00<p>
208. Muller's micrograph 00
209. Crystal structure 00
210. Density 00
211. Elasticity 00
212. Tension and compression 00
213. Arches 00
214. Scaling 00
215. 13 liquids 00<p>
216. Pressure 00
217. Pressure in a liquid 00
218. Buoyancy 00
219. Archimedes' principle 00
220. What makes an object sink or float? 00
221. Flotation 00
222. Pascal's principle 00
223. Surface tension 00
224. Capillarity 00
225. 14 gases and plasmas 00<p>
226. The atmosphere 00
227. Atmospheric pressure 00
228. Barometer 00
229. Boyle's law 00
230. Buoyancy of air 00
231. Bernoulli's principle 00
232. Applications of bernoulli's principle 00
233. Plasma 00
234. Plasma in the everyday world 00
235. Plasma power 00
236. P a r t t h r e e<p>
237. Heat 00<p>
238. 15 temperature, heat, and expansion 00<p>
239. Temperature 00
240. Heat 00
241. Quantity of heat 00
242. Speciûc heat 00
243. Expansion 00
244. Expansion of water 00
245. 16 heat transfer 00
246. Conduction 00
247. Convection 00
248. Why warm air rises 00
249. Why expanding air cools 00
250. Radiation 00
251. Emission, absorption, and reßection of radiation 00
252. Cooling at night by radiation 00
253. Newton's law of cooling 00
254. The greenhouse effect 00
255. Solar power 00
256. The thermos bottle 00
257. 17 change of phase 00<p>
258. Evaporation 00
259. Condensation 00
260. Condensation in the atmosphere 00
261. Fog and clouds 00
262. Boiling 00
263. Geysers 00
264. Boiling is a cooling process 00
265. Boiling and freezing at the same time 00
266. Melting and freezing 00
267. Regelation 00
268. Energy and changes of phase 00
269. 18 thermodynamics 00<p>
270. Absolute zero 00
271. Internal energy 00
272. First law of thermodynamics 00
273. Adiabatic processes 00
274. Meteorology and the first law 00
275. Second law of thermodynamics 00
276. Heat engines 00
277. Order tends to disorder 00
278. Entropy 00
279. P a r t f o u r<p>
280. Sound 00<p>
281. 19 vibrations and waves 00<p>
282. Vibration of a pendulum 00
283. Wave description 00
284. Wave motion 00
285. Wave speed 00
286. Transverse waves 00
287. Longitudinal waves 00
288. Interference 00
289. Standing waves 00
290. Doppler effect 00
291. Bow waves 00
292. Shock waves 00
293. 20 sound 00<p>
294. Origin of sound 00
295. Nature of sound in air 00
296. Media that transmit sound 00
297. Speed of sound 00
298. Reßection of sound 00
299. Refraction of sound 00
300. Energy in sound waves 00
301. Forced vibrations 00
302. Natural frequency 00
303. Resonance 00
304. Interference 00
305. Beats 00
306. Radio broadcasts 00
307. 21 musical sounds 00<p>
308. Pitch 00
309. Loudness 00
310. Quality 00
311. Musical instruments 00
312. Fourier analysis 00
313. Compact discs 00
314. P a r t f i v e<p>
315. Electricity and magnetism 00<p>
316. 22 electrostatics 00<p>
317. Electrical forces 00
318. Electric charges 00
319. Conservation of charge 00
320. Coulomb's law 00
321. Conductors and insulators 00
322. Semiconductors 00
323. Superconductors 00
324. Charging 00
325. Charging by contact 00
326. Charging by induction 00
327. Charge polarization 00
328. Electric field 00
329. Electric shielding 00
330. Electric potential 00
331. Van de graaff generator 00
332. 23 electric current 00<p>
333. Flow of charge 00
334. Electric current 00
335. Voltage sources 00
336. Electrical resistance 00
337. Ohm's law 00
338. Ohm's law and electric shock 00
339. Direct current and alternating current 00
340. Converting ac to dc 00
341. Speed and source of electrons in a circuit 00
342. Electric power 00
343. Box on fuel cells 00
344. Electric circuits 00
345. Series circuits 00
346. Parallel circuits 00
347. Parallel circuits and overloading 00
348. Safety fuses 00
349. 24 magnetism 00<p>
350. Magnetic forces 00
351. Magnetic poles 00
352. Magnetic fields 00
353. Magnetic domains 00
354. Electric currents and magnetic fields 00
355. Electromagnets 00
356. Magnetic force on moving charged particles 00
357. Magnetic force on current-carrying wires 00
358. Electric meters 00
359. Electric motors 00
360. Earth's magnetic field 00
361. Biomagnetism 00
362. 25 electromagnetic induction 00<p>
363. Electromagnetic induction 00
364. Faraday's law 00
365. Generators and alternating current 00
366. Power production 00
367. Turbogenerator power 00
368. Mhd power 00
369. Transformers 00
370. Self-induction 00
371. Power transmission 00
372. Field induction 00
373. In perspective 00
374. P a r t s i x<p>
375. Light 00<p>
376. 26 properties of light 00<p>
377. Electromagnetic waves 00
378. Electromagnetic wave velocity 00
379. The electromagnetic spectrum 00
380. Transparent materials 00
381. Opaque materials 00
382. Shadows 00
383. Seeing light-the eye 00
384. 27 color 00<p>
385. Selective reßection 00
386. Selective transmission 00
387. Mixing colored light 00
388. Complementary colors 00
389. Mixing colored pigments 00
390. Why the sky is blue 00
391. Why sunsets are red 00
392. Why clouds are white 00
393. Why water is greenish blue 00
394. 28 reßection and refraction 00<p>
395. Reßection 00
396. Principle of least time 00
397. Law of reßection 00
398. Plane mirrors 00
399. Diffuse reßection 00
400. Refraction 00
401. Mirage 00
402. Cause of refraction 00
403. Dispersion 00
404. Rainbows 00
405. Total internal reßection 00
406. Lenses 00
407. Image formation by a lens 00
408. Lens defects 00
409. 29 light waves 00<p>
410. Huygens' principles 00
411. Diffraction 00
412. Interference 00
413. Single-color thin film interference 00
414. Interference colors by reßection from
415. Thin films 00
416. Polarization 00
417. Three-dimensional viewing 00
418. Holography 00
419. 30 light emission 00<p>
420. Excitation 00
421. Emission spectra 00
422. Incandescence 00
423. Absorption spectra 00
424. Fluorescence 00
425. Fluorescent lamps 00
426. Phosphorescence 00
427. Lasers 00
428. 31 light quanta 00<p>
429. Birth of the quantum theory 00
430. Quantization and planck's constant 00
431. Photoelectric effect 00
432. Wave-particle duality 00
433. Double-slit experiment 00
434. Particles as waves: electron diffraction 00
435. Uncertainty principle 00
436. Complementarity 00
437. P a r t s e v e n<p>
438. Atomic and nuclear physics 00<p>
439. 32 the atom and the quantum 00<p>
440. Discovery of the atomic nucleus 00
441. Discovery of the electron 00
442. Atomic spectra: clues to atomic structure 00
443. Bohr model of the atom 00
444. Relative sizes of atoms 00
445. Explanation of quantized energy levels:
446. Electron waves 00
447. Quantum mechanics 00
448. Correspondence principle 00
449. 33 atomic nucleus and radioactivity 00<p>
450. X rays and radioactivity 00
451. Alpha, beta, and gamma rays 00
452. The nucleus 00
453. Isotopes 00
454. Why atoms are radioactive 00
455. Half-life 00
456. Radiation detectors 00
457. Transmutation of elements 00
458. Natural transmutation 00
459. Artiûcial transmutation 00
460. Radioactive isotopes 00
461. Radiometric dating 00
462. Carbon dating 00
463. Uranium dating 00
464. Effects of radiation on humans 00
465. Radiation dosage 00
466. 34 nuclear fission and fusion 00
467. Nuclear fission 00
468. Nuclear fission reactors 00
469. Plutonium 00
470. The breeder reactor 00
471. Fission power 00
472. Mass-energy equivalence 00
473. Nuclear fusion 00
474. Controlling fusion 00
475. Fusion torch and recycling [box] 00
476. P a r t e i g h t<p>
477. Relativity 00<p>
478. 35 special theory of relativity 00<p>
479. Motion is relative 00
480. Michelson-morley experiment 00
481. Postulates of the special theory of relativity 00
482. Simultaneity 00
483. Spacetime 00
484. Time dilation 00
485. The twin trip 00
486. Addition of velocities 00
487. Space travel 00
488. Length contraction 00
489. Relativistic momentum 00
490. Mass, energy, and e mc2 00
491. The correspondence principle 00
492. 36 general theory of relativity 00<p>
493. Principle of equivalence 00
494. Bending of light by gravity 00
495. Gravity and time: gravitational red shift 00
496. Gravity and space: motion of mercury 00
497. Gravity, space, and a new geometry 00
498. Gravitational waves 00
499. Newtonian and einsteinian gravitation 00
500. Epilogue 00<p>
501. Appendix a systems of measurement 00<p>
502. United states customary system 00
503. Syst"me international 00
504. Meter 00
505. Kilogram 00
506. Second 00
507. Newton 00
508. Joule 00
509. Ampere 00
510. Kelvin 00
511. Measurements of area and volume 00
512. Area 00
513. Volume 00
514. Scientiûc notation 00
515. Appendix b more about motion 00
516. Computing velocity and distance traveled on an
517. Inclined plane 00
518. Computing distance when acceleration is
519. Constant 00
520. Appendix c graphing 00<p>
521. Graphs-a way to express quantitative
522. Relationships 00
523. Cartesian graphs 00
524. Slope and area under the curve 00
525. Graphing with conceptual physics 00
526. Appendix d more about vectors 00<p>
527. Vectors and scalars 00
528. Adding vectors 00
529. Finding components of vectors 00
530. Sailboats 00
531. Appendix e exponential growth and doubling time 00<p>
532. Glossary 00<p>
533. Photo credits 00<p>
534. Index 00<p>