Part I Introductory Concepts
Chapter 1 Physics: The Fundamental Science...............................................................................3
Part II The Laws of Mechanics
Chapter 2 The Description of Motion.......................................................................................... 19
Chapter 3 The Laws of Mechanics: Newton's Laws of Motion................................................... 31
Chapter 4 Energy......................................................................................................................... 45
Chapter 5 Conservation of Energy and Momentum.................................................................... 55
Chapter 6 Rotation and the Universal Law of Gravitation..........................................................69
Chapter 7 Atoms: Building Blocks of the Universe.....................................................................93
Chapter 8 The Heart of the Atom: The Nucleus........................................................................ 105
Chapter 9 Fluids......................................................................................................................... 113
Part IV Thermodynamics
Chapter 10 Heat and Temperature............................................................................................... 135
Chapter 11 The Laws of Thermodynamics................................................................................. 151
Part V Electricity and Magnetism
Chapter 12 Electricity.................................................................................................................. 167
Chapter 13 Applied Electricity.................................................................................................... 181
Chapter 14 Electromagnetism...................................................................................................... 199
Part VI Waves
Chapter 15 Wave Motion............................................................................................................. 219
Chapter 16 Sound......................................................................................................................... 235
Chapter 17 Optics........................................................................................................................ 253274
Chapter 18 The Nature of Light................................................................................................... 275
Part VII Modern Physics
Chapter 19 The Special Theory of Relativity..............................................................................297
Chapter 20 The General Theory of Relativity............................................................................. 315
Chapter 21 The Early Atomic Theory......................................................................................... 333
Chapter 22 Quantum Mechanics................................................................................................. 343
Chapter 23 Nuclear Physics......................................................................................................... 355
Chapter 24 Elementary Particles................................................................................................. 371
Chapter 25 Unifying Physics....................................................................................................... 383
Chapter 26 Superstrings............................................................................................................... 393
Chapter 27 The Origin of the Universe....................................................................................... 401
Appendix A: Powers of Ten 411
Appendix B: The Elements 415
Appendix C: Nobel Prize Winners in Physics 419
Appendix D: Physics Timeline 425
